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8:55 PM ET, July 8, 2026

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Peter White / Deadline:
HBO Max received 122 Emmy nominations, Netflix landed 111, Disney received 111 overall, Apple scored 87, its most-ever, and Amazon landed 39 for Prime and MGM+  —  HBO Max had another stellar morning at the Emmy nominations as huge hauls for Hacks and The Pitt helped it pip Netflix to the top spot.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Nexstar appeals a district court judge's injunction blocking its Tegna acquisition while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds and calls the injunction “overbroad”  —  “Plaintiffs have no answer to the question this appeal presents: how can a locality-based theory of harm justify a nationwide preliminary injunction?”
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Prince Harry and six other prominent figures face an up to £50M legal bill after losing their phone-hacking case against Daily Mail owner Associated Newspapers  —  High court dismisses claims by group including Duke of Sussex that Mail publisher used unlawful methods to source stories about them
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre calls Prince Harry's phone hacking case a “conspiracy” to destroy the Mail and the verdict is a “vindication” of its journalism
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Q&A with Joe Kahn about NYT's push into video amidst a “race against time” to compete with AI-generated slop and influencer-generated non-original journalism  —  Remember pivot to video?  —  For those of you who weren't paying attention to the media industry a decade ago …
Anna Washenko / Engadget:
DuckDuckGo updates its browser for iOS, Windows, and macOS to block video ads by default, particularly those on YouTube, based on uBlockOrigin's filter lists  —  An unsubtle shot at Chrome.  —  DuckDuckGo announced that it can now block most video ads, particularly those on YouTube, when a video is playing in its browser.
Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Kaon AI, which builds personalized story worlds using its AI-based FlowGPT and Emochi tools, raised $60M from B Capital and others, and says Emochi has 2M DAUs  —  Kaon AI, a start-up focused on building personalized story worlds powered by generative AI for its users through its products FlowGPT and Emochi …
Discussion: GamesBeat and SiliconANGLE
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Hill launches The Hill Insider, costing $5.99 per month for exclusive content and $9.99 for an ad-free experience, Nexstar's first major DTC subscription  —  The new service, The Hill Insider, is Nexstar's first major foray into direct-to-consumer subscription offerings.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
A federal judge orders that E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M plus interest for damages from a verdict holding President Trump civilly liable for sexually abusing her  —  A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered that E. Jean Carroll be paid $5 million plus interest for damages …
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Documents: Oregon's attorney general plans to ask a court to order Paramount to comply with investigative demands for records related to its bid to acquire WBD  —  The Oregon attorney general will ask a court to order Paramount (PSKY.O) to comply with investigative demands related to its bid …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC DG Matt Brittin says the BBC and Channel 4 are in talks about combining their streamers to create a “sovereign platform” competitor to Netflix and others  —  Broadcaster's new director-general Matt Brittin says UK needs platform to compete with Netflix
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Early Nielsen numbers show 30M people watched the US-Belgium World Cup match through Fox, clearing the record for an English-language soccer telecast in the US  —  Fox's telecast drew 30 million viewers Monday night, according to early Nielsen numbers.  —  The game was a letdown for fans …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Netflix, Disney, and YouTube are interested in challenging Fox for 2030 and 2034 World Cup US broadcast rights; Amazon and Apple also potential bidders
Chris Metinko / Axios:
Israeli startup Velocity, which helps place targeted ads on consumer and B2B AI platforms, raised a $27M seed led by NFX and Red Dot, and serves 20 clients  —  Velocity, an Israeli startup placing ads in AI applications, closed a $27 million seed round led by NFX and Red Dot Capital Partners …
Discussion: Mobile Dev Memo and Ynetnews
Reece Rogers / Wired:
As part of Meta's Muse Image rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content by other users  —  As part of Meta's Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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Meta:
Meta launches Muse Image in Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and previews Muse Video, the first media generation models from its Superintelligence Labs
 
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Matt Pearce, director of policy at Rebuild Local News, on lobbying for transparency in state ad budgets, tax credits to hire journalists, and more
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Sam Spratford / Publishers Weekly:
Employees at Hachette Book Group vote 388 to 130 to unionize; the company joins HarperCollins in the ranks of unionized Big Five publishers
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A US district court judge dismisses Trump Media and Technology Group's $3.8B defamation lawsuit filed in 2023 against WaPo; TMTG is considering an appeal
 

 
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Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg:
SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor, designed to “handle difficult, long-running” legal, finance, and coding tasks

OpenAI:
OpenAI launches GPT-Live, a new generation of voice models built on a full-duplex architecture, meaning they can listen and speak at the same time

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple reaches a deal with Broadcom worth $30B+ to make 15B+ chips in the US over the next five years, Apple's largest as part of its $600B US investment pledge
 
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