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12:55 PM ET, July 8, 2026

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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  —  The social media company failed to identify convincing evidence that The Post acted with actual malice, a federal judge in Tampa ruled.
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
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
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Daily Wire sells its Jeremy's Razors and Jeremy's Chocolates consumer brands to Boreing Media, a new company led by ex-Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing  —  The Scoop  —  The right-leaning digital media company The Daily Wire is selling a piece of its business to its former CEO.
Discussion: @maxwelltani
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 launches Muse Image in Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and previews Muse Video, the first media generation models from its Superintelligence Labs
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: SiliconANGLE
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  —  The majority of employees at Hachette Book Group have voted 388 to 130 to unionize with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, Local 32035, the union announced today.
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 …
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.
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
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
France's competition watchdog orders Meta to negotiate in good faith with news organizations over copyright payments, after two groups filed complaints in 2025  —  Meta Platforms Inc. was ordered by the French competition watchdog to hold talks with news organizations over copyright payments …
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  —  “In the local journalism world, we are not super-duper experts at the political process.”  —  For a growing number …
Discussion: @mattdpearce.com
 
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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
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
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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”
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
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
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”
 

 
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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

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

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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