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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 …
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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 — Combination will leave US media group Comcast in control of a broadcaster that reaches 21mn households
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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.
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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
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 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
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Variety, Pulse 2.0, Deadline, Mumbrella, The Guardian, Mirror, The Drum, The Standard, Sky News, Ronan Scanlan on LinkedIn, Euronews, The Next Web, The Independent, Finimize, Dow Jones Newswires and Telegraph
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 — Tilly Norwood, the AI “actor” who sparked a frenzy of anger in Hollywood and across the wider industry in late 2025, is set to front her first feature film.
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Engadget, WPXI-TV, Futurism, Shelly Palmer, Gizmodo, The Wrap, Breitbart, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, The Asia Business Daily, Global News, CNET, The Movie Blog, Polygon.com, New York Sun, @devonheinen.bsky.social, @sentammoses.bsky.social, NBC News, Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, The A.V. Club and Deadline
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 — THE SCOOP — The Federal Communications Commission has already changed the programming of one of television's …
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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 …
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Android Authority, @sarthakgh, @simonowens.bsky.social, @davidsenra, Fortune, @eglyman and Alyson Shontell on LinkedIn
Bloomberg:
Sources: Vista Equity and Quinti made a takeover bid for Criteo that values the French ad tech company at a 50%+ premium to its stock price in recent weeks — Vista Equity Partners and the investment firm Quinti Capital have teamed up on a takeover offer for French advertising-technology company Criteo SA …
Tife Owolabi / Reuters:
Nigeria's competition regulator will investigate tech companies over news content use and alleged anti-competitive practices, after complaints by media groups — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed the country's competition regulator to investigate major technology companies …
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WeeTracker, Techpoint Africa, The ICIR, Condia, allAfrica.com, The Nation Newspaper, Punch Newspapers and Premium Times Nigeria
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
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 — Reddit Inc. is battling a new kind of spam: stealth marketing content created by brands that want to get mentioned …
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TechCrunch, Reddit Upvoted, StockStory, BMI, Digital Trends, AdExchanger, Social Media Today, The Deep View, RuntimeWire, MediaPost, The Next Web, Engadget and The Verge
Anna Tobin / Press Gazette:
An interview with Le Monde CTO Paul Laleu about “fiercely defending” the French outlet's journalism from AI bots, including by generating infinite content mazes — French newsbrand Le Monde is “fiercely defending” its journalism from AI bots that don't offer a value exchange while still letting the “good bots” in.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google launches “platform properties” in the Google Search Console, letting creators and website owners see which search terms lead to their social platforms — A new feature will let creators and publishers see what search terms take people to their social platforms.
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Search Engine Journal, Google for Developers, Search Engine Land and STAT
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 …
