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2:45 PM ET, July 7, 2026

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Financial Times:
The High Court in London rules against Prince Harry and six other claimants in the privacy lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers  —  High Court in London rules against Duke of Sussex and six other claimants  —  Prince Harry's third and final legal offensive …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a filing, ABC says the FCC has targeted daytime and late-night TV the administration doesn't like while “leaving untouched the vast landscape of talk radio”  —  ABC contends that a “broad and cross-ideological consensus of commenters” backs the editorial independence of The View …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Analysis: ABC's The View hasn't featured a single candidate running in a competitive midterm race since the FCC launched an “equal time” rule probe in February
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Sky's ITV deal sees ITV's 40% stake in news producer ITN split equally between Sky and ITV Studios; Sky says ITV News and Sky News will stay distinct until 2030  —  Sky's takeover of ITV's media and entertainment business for £1.6bn will make it responsible for commissioning ITV News.
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Deadline:
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
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sky agrees to acquire ITV's TV business for £1.6B, uniting the UK's two largest commercial broadcasters; ITV says shareholders will receive £950M from the deal
William Earl / Variety:
Netflix signs deals with Penske Media, Condé Nast, Hearst, People, and other publishers to carry a range of programming from 2 to 20+ minutes, starting August 3  —  Netflix is further expanding the mix of content available on its platform through licensing partnerships with a range of top publishers …
Sammy Hudes / Canadian Press:
Rogers Sports and Media is closing its Sportsnet 650 radio station in Vancouver, Sportsnet 960 station in Calgary, and four other stations, affecting 80 workers  —  Rogers Sports and Media is shutting down its Sportsnet 650 radio station in Vancouver and Sportsnet 960 station in Calgary …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with United Talent Agency executives Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky about UTA's Creators division, helping creators launch products, AI, and more  —  Raina Penchansky and Ali Berman on helping human creators in the age of AI  —  We've got another special episode of Decoder today …
Deborah Cole / The Guardian:
Hungarian public media outlets Kossuth and M1 suspend their broadcasts; M1's message reads, “Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long”  —  Péter Magyar hails ‘end of propaganda broadcasts’ as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmission
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The FTC approves James Murdoch's $300M+ purchase of New York magazine, Vox.com, and Vox's podcast network, per an early termination notice on the FTC's website  —  The regulator issued an early termination notice in its review of Lupa Systems' purchase of roughly half of the digital media company's brands
Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune:
A profile of David Senra, whose popular Founders podcast attracts billionaire CEOs and generates millions of dollars annually through a flat ad partnership rate  —  David Senra will tell you he doesn't care if you listen to his podcast.  And he means it.  —  For five and a half years …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Four animated titles from Disney, DreamWorks, and Pixar made up over 38% of the ~$186.6M handed out to 41 new movies selected to receive California tax credits  —  This round of subsidies is headlined by DreamWorks' ‘Donkey,’ Disney's ‘Hexed,’ and an untitled movie from Pixar.
 
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Reddit says its AI-powered content moderation systems caught 25K “spammy posts and comments” per day in Q1, reducing users' exposure to such content by 20% YoY
Alex Ritman / Variety:
AI-focused studio Particle 6 plans a full-length feature film to be led by the AI “actor” Tilly Norwood, as a hybrid production using film and TV professionals
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
UK left-wing news site The Canary suspends its national weekday print newspaper after two weeks, saying Lloyds closed its bank account and withheld funds
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Versant agrees to acquire Full Swing, a sports tech company best known for its advanced golf simulators, tracking, and analytics software for $530M in cash
 

 
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Fanny Potkin / Reuters:
Sources: China met with Alibaba, ByteDance, Z.ai, and others to discuss potentially limiting foreign access to advanced AI models, penalties for AI theft, more

David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
Anthropic expands Claude Cowork to web and mobile in beta for Max plan subscribers, and says 90%+ of Cowork usage is unrelated to software development

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft, looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its MAI models in products like Excel and Outlook
 
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