Coral Wire — Mon, Oct 26 2026

The Coral Index closed at 22/100 — Storm warning. 7 graded stories fed that reading.

• Amazon renames Kindle Unlimited to Kindle+, adds AI narrationPlatform — The price moves from $9.99 to $11.99 a month as Amazon folds AI-narrated audiobooks into the rebrand
• EWC and CEATL refuse to sign EU AI transparency codeLegal — The two groups say exemptions for "human review" and "AI-assisted fiction" let AI content reach readers without disclosure
• Waterstones IPO slips to 2027 as banks waitMarket — Bloomberg reported Elliott's bankers, including Goldman and JPMorgan, have lined up the London listing but Citi says most UK candidates are now deferring to 2027.
• Two AI settlements are actually paying out right nowLegal — Neutrogena's $4.7 million face-scan settlement and RealPage's $359.9 million rent-pricing settlement are the only AI cases in this tracker taking claims as of October 24, 2026.
• Elvis rights holders seek $41.1 million from AnthropicLegal — The lawsuit claims willful infringement of 274 songs, at up to $150,000 per work under statutory copyright damages
• Textbook authors' OpenAI suit paused until Times case rulesLegal — Judge Sidney Stein stayed the professors' case on Sept. 16 pending summary judgment rulings in the grouped New York Times lawsuit

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