Mediagazer: Sources: Sky plans to cut around 600 jobs in the UK as part of a reorganization; the company now employs 23,000 in the UK after cutting ~3,000 roles since 2023 (Financial Times)

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China says US spin-off of TikTok will use ByteDance's Chinese algorithm and the deal with the US includes “licensing the algorithm and other IP rights” — Agreement with Washington includes ‘licensing the algorithm and other intellectual property rights’, says Beijing official

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US and China have reached a “framework” deal for TikTok; Trump and Xi Jinping will meet Friday to discuss the terms — The U.S. and China have reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.

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Alastair Gale / Bloomberg:

President Trump says he has filed a $15B defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing it of serving as a “mouthpiece” for the Democrats — President Donald Trump said he has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times …

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Financial Times:

Sources: Sky plans to cut around 600 jobs in the UK as part of a reorganization; the company now employs 23,000 in the UK after cutting ~3,000 roles since 2023 — Comcast-owned media group to cull 600 jobs in latest reorganisation — Sky is set to cut hundreds of jobs in the UK …

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Karen Attiah / The Golden Hour:

WaPo columnist Karen Attiah says she was fired last week over her social media posts “against hatred and violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination — Last week, the Washington Post fired me. — The reason? Speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns.

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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:

Netflix and WBD share lead for most 2025 Emmy wins with 30 each, Apple had its best showing ever with 22 wins, NBCUniversal won 20, and Disney won 13 — Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery share the lead for most wins in 2025. — A record-setting night for The Studio helped give Apple TV …

Katie Campione / Deadline:
Early Nielsen data shows that the 77th Emmys drew 7.42M viewers across CBS and Paramount+, marking a four-year viewership high and up 8% YoY

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Annabelle Timsit / Washington Post:

Two Utah men are arrested and charged with attempted aggravated arson after an incendiary device was found under a vehicle belonging to KSTU Fox 13 News — Investigators also found “two hoax weapons of mass destruction” at the residence of Adeeb and Adil Nasir, which the men said were real, according to an affidavit.

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New York Times:

Former Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and his daughter Paola Ramos launch The Moment, a new English-language podcast targeting English-speaking Latinos — Jorge Ramos and his daughter, Paola, have a new podcast, The Moment, that premieres on Wednesday.George Etheredge for The New York Times

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Joe Otterson / Variety:

Netflix says the Crawford-Álvarez match drew an average minute audience of 36.6M Live+Same Day viewers globally, and the event peaked at 24M+ concurrent streams — Terence Crawford's victory over Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez pulled in a sizable audience on Netflix.

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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:

Disney and Webtoon announce a new digital platform with 35K+ Disney comics; Disney plans to acquire a 2% equity interest in Webtoon; WBTN jumps 70%+ after hours — Walt Disney Co. is bringing all of its marquee comics to a new digital platform and app in partnership with Webtoon Entertainment Inc. …

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Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:

Filing: the Internet Archive and major music labels settle a copyright lawsuit against Internet Archive over its project to preserve early music recordings — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit where music publishers sued the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project …

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Michael Savage / The Guardian:

MI5 admits it unlawfully obtained communications data from ex-BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney's mobile phone in 2006 and 2009 — Revelation relating to then Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, a ‘matter of grave concern’

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