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8:00 AM ET, July 6, 2026

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The Hollywood Reporter:
The Sky-ITV deal raises questions about US ownership of the UK's largest commercially funded free-to-air network and a key part of its cultural landscape  —  The acquisition — which will combine the U.K.'s biggest free-to-air commercial networks with its biggest pay-TV network …
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Sky strikes a £2.1B output deal with ITV Studios, ITV's production arm, until 2032; ITV Studios is not part of Sky's deal to acquire ITV's TV network  —  Sky has finally sealed a £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) deal to acquire ITV's television network operations.
Tim Donnelly / The New York Groove:
Why some staffers at Schneps Media want a union: low pay leads to high turnover and a loss of institutional knowledge at the chain of local newspapers in NYC  —  Turnover is high at the city's largest newspaper chain: 'There's not much in the way of institutional knowledge.'
Olivia Carville / Bloomberg:
A profile of Kaley Glenn-Mills, the plaintiff in K.G.M. v. Meta et al., who was awarded $6M in damages in a landmark LA jury trial over social media addiction  —  Kaley Glenn-Mills' lawsuit reshaped the fight to protect children from social media.  She says she still can't stop scrolling.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix is studying its data to see why viewers quit its shows after S1, with some shows seeing a 30%-70% S2 drop, as it faces a quarter without hits  —  Netflix's biggest hits are losing more than half of their audience after one season  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles.
Sejal Sharma / Hindustan Times:
India issues a notice to Telegram, asking it to curb the spread of pirated films and other copyrighted content, and seeks an action-taken report within 15 days  —  The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) issued a notice to Telegram on Saturday, asking the messaging platform …
John Koblin / New York Times:
A look at Outside Tonight, a YouTube-based late-night talk show from Julian Shapiro-Barnum, who hosted the successful web series Recess Therapy  —  Julian Shapiro-Barnum, best known for a social media series called “Recess Therapy,” has started an online-only late-night show.
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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
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Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019; the New IRA claimed responsibility for the killing
 

 
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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers document JadePuffer, the first known “agentic ransomware”, which adapts in real time by retrying steps to execute an end-to-end extortion operation

Anniek Bao / CNBC:
SemiAnalysis: Nvidia delays its next-gen AI rack system Kyber NVL144 by 12+ months to 2028 due to PCB manufacturing issues, and cancels its NVL72x2 architecture

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Memo: Microsoft is laying off ~4,800 employees, or ~2.1% of its workforce; most layoffs are in Xbox, where ~8% are being cut, rising to 15% in this fiscal year
 
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