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1:40 PM ET, July 10, 2026

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James Faris / Business Insider:
Sources: Disney is discussing a potential free tier for Disney+; product and tech chief Adam Smith discussed the initiative at a town hall but gave no timeline  —  Disney is exploring making some of its streaming content available at an unbeatable price: free.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alisa Bowen, president of Disney+ since late 2022, is leaving to become CEO of Disney-controlled Fubo, succeeding David Gandler, who led Fubo for over a decade  —  Alisa Bowen, who has served as president of Disney+ since September 2022, is leaving that role to become CEO of Fubo …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix executives are increasingly worried about declining engagement and are exploring adding live TV and bundling streaming services like Peacock  —  Streamer is rethinking some of its core strategies to compete with rivals  —  Top Netflix executives who gathered …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Letterboxd's owners have held early talks with potential buyers, including Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and PE giant TPG  —  Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount and Alexis Ohanian also supposedly eyeing movie social platform  —  Could Letterboxd, the popular film-review social network …
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
As Hollywood looks for its next Obsession-type hit, 11 studios bid on YouTube series The Mandela Catalogue and sources say WBD paid $1M for rights to Siren Head  —  Creator of monster called Siren Head scores rich deal as studios hunt for next ‘Backrooms’-style hit
Discussion: Digital Trends
Ellyn Briggs / Front Office Sports:
Sports is garnering new attention from media outlets, like Politico and VF, as it offers content that readers actively seek out rather than stumble upon  —  Sports coverage has ballooned in every corner of media, including some of the unlikeliest publications.
Discussion: @readdanwrite
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
USA Today CEO Mike Reed says the company is prepared to opt out of Google Search in the next 6 to 12 months because it has no licensing agreement with Google  —  The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The UK's YouTube-based TLDR News is supplementing digital ad revenue by selling a print magazine and merchandise, earning a profit in its latest fiscal year  —  Youtube-based publisher TLDR News has increased its revenue by 28% year on year after its print magazine and merchandise became its joint biggest source of income.
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Bango: 43% of Americans would change providers for a better sports bundle, 64% pay for a sports SVOD, 46% missed a game because they didn't find where to watch  —  Live sports has become such a confusing endeavor across streaming television services that many fans are willing to switch …
 
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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Patreon CEO Jack Conte announces a partnership with Cloudflare to block AI training crawlers at the network level for all posts published on Patreon
Discussion: Tech Times
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google says it will automatically add a disclosure to ads that are made with its AI advertising tools, expanding the disclosure beyond election ads to all ads
Todd Spangler / Variety:
iHeartMedia agrees to a consent decree to settle an FCC probe into claims iHeartMedia pressured artists to perform at shows in exchange for more radio airtime
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Rose Horowitch / The Atlantic:
How the internet, smartphones, social media, and now generative AI are accelerating a drop in the reading of longer works like books
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The NYT and other outlets ask a court to sanction OpenAI for allegedly lying to the court about its inability to search its systems for copyrighted material
A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
NYT introduces The Local: Twin Cities, a pilot newsletter with original reporting, a goal of promoting local outlets, and an August launch date
 

 
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple sues OpenAI, alleging that ex-Apple employees stole “Apple's trade secrets for the benefit of OpenAI”, and says OpenAI never responded to its concerns

Adam Satariano / New York Times:
In preliminary findings, the EU Commission said Facebook's and Instagram's “addictive design” violates the DSA, telling Meta to make changes or risk hefty fines

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
SK Hynix closed up 12.76% at $168.01 in its first day of trading on Nasdaq, after raising $26.5B in the largest ever US market debut by a foreign company
 
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