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6:15 AM ET, July 9, 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.
Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the media's evolving coverage of sexual assault allegations against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner shows the need for sensitive, patient reporting  —  In Me Too coverage, timing is everything.  —  Back in April, Susie Banikarim wrote for CJR about Cheyenne Hunt …
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 …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
A look at AI startup Versus, which gives viewers interactive experiences like games and trivia on second screens to play along with TV programs or other content  —  Versus, which has been operating in stealth mode, has worked with platforms like Disney+, Paramount+ and HBO Max …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount-WBD is set to emerge with ~$80B in debt, with net debt projected to equal ~6.5 times annual EBITDA, a level analysts consider high for a media company  —  Paramount CEO has promised not to sell off assets or cut content spending  —  When Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison unveiled …
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?”
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.
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
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.
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 …
 
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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
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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
 

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

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

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