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6:35 PM ET, July 3, 2026

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Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
Spotify removed 500K+ streams of Malcolm Todd's Earrings after a 70% surge in 24 hours sent it to #1 on Spotify USA and coincided with suspicious Kalshi wagers  —  Platform removes more than 500,000 streams of Malcolm Todd track ‘Earrings’ on concern traders propelled it to number 1
Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019; the New IRA claimed responsibility for the killing  —  McKee, 29, died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry in Northern Ireland in April 2019  —  Three men from Derry have been found …
Peter Walker / The Guardian:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she and her department will stop using X because the site favors “abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”  —  Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and division
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at ABC News' 24-hour Fourth of July programming marathon for the US' 250th anniversary, which it calls “the longest commercial broadcast in history”  —  From a light show and Brandi Carlile performance at the Statue of Liberty to a July 4 bash in Nashville …
Discussion: Variety
Associated Press:
After a short-term hold, SCOTUS denies former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge's bid to stay an $800-a-day fine if she refuses to reveal a source  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to intervene after a judge ordered a former Fox News reporter to be fined $800 a day if she refuses …
Yuras Karmanau / Associated Press:
A Belarus court sentenced journalist and YouTube host Kiryl Pazniak to 3.5 years in jail on charges of discrediting Belarus and forming an extremist group  —  A court in Belarus has convicted a journalist and sentenced him to 3 1/2 years in prison in the latest step against free speech in the country …
Discussion: @ifjglobal.bsky.social and Viasna
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU antitrust watchdog hits Vivendi with additional charges for its 2023 Lagardere purchase, saying Vivendi made the deal before getting approval  —  Vivendi (VIV.PA) was hit with additional EU antitrust charges on Friday related to its 2023 acquisition of publisher Lagardere (LAGA.PA) …
Dow Jones:
Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal partner with Delta Air Lines to offer free WSJ access to Delta SkyMiles members using Delta's Wi-Fi  —  Expanding its premium in-flight experience, Delta now offers SkyMiles Members direct access to The Wall Street Journal's trusted news, market insights and video journalism via Delta Sync Wi-Fi.
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Lee Enterprises, which owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and more, told its newspapers to run a three-story package on new chairman David Hoffmann on front pages  —  Some at the company say the unusual request raises questions about editorial independence  —  As the nation celebrates …
Bloomberg:
Sources: ElevenLabs held early talks with investors on a secondary share sale for staff that would value the startup at ~$22B; it was valued at $11B in February  —  ElevenLabs has held early talks with investors to let employees sell shares in a secondary offering that would value …
Discussion: Reuters and Tech Funding News
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez criticizes the agency's move to dismiss a petition by former FCC members and media advocates challenging the news distortion policy  —  Anna Gomez, the lone Democratic commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has offered a late public criticism …
 
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Sam Neumann / Awful Announcing:
Missouri's AG office has opened a probe into claims that ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller paid slowly or not at all to some winners in fantasy leagues he ran
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The UK CMA is weighing new rules to allow UK app developers to direct customers to payment options outside of Apple and Google's platforms, bypassing their fees
Discussion: MediaVoices
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Kling AI, the Kuaishou AI video generator spin-off, raised $2B at a $15B pre-money valuation and says the round could extend to as much as $3B
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
As The Onion relaunches Infowars, a Q&A with comedian Tim Heidecker about becoming its creative director, the launch lineup, conservative caricatures, and more
Samantha Elkins / NBC News:
Cloudflare sets a September 15 deadline for AI companies to differentiate their web crawlers into search, AI training, and AI agents or face being blocked
Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Tucker Carlson on media influence over Trump, whether legacy media can navigate this era, his NYT interview, planning a new political party, and more
 

 
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Sources: Alibaba banned Claude Code internally and asked its employees to remove all Claude models from their work computers due to Anthropic security concerns

Divya Arya / BBC:
Instagram has been running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, with terms like “rape video” and “child video” and linking to Telegram channels

Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros / SemiAnalysis:
Meta could use its compute for its own models, ad scaling, SpaceX-like neocloud deals, and hosting 3rd-party models; it may be close to an Anthropic deal
 
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