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6:30 PM ET, July 17, 2026

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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple raises the price of Apple Music, with the individual plan up by $1 to $11.99, and some Apple One bundles, citing rising licensing costs  —  Apple has raised the price of Apple Music today in the United States and other countries.  Starting today, Apple Music's Individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, up from $10.99.
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Sinclair-owned TV stations affiliated with ABC and NBC aired Trump's speech about elections, using Sinclair's feed; Sinclair owns or operates 177 stations  —  Trump's address tonight began at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and lasted about 25 minutes.  As expected, the brunt of the remarks were regarding elections …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump says ABC and NBC should have their licenses revoked for not carrying his speech, alleging they are part of a “plot” to continue election “fraud”  —  Donald Trump lashed out at ABC and NBC, the two networks that chose not to carry his speech live …
Deadline:
A US district court judge says she'll issue a ruling by July 22 on state AGs' request for a temporary stay that would pause the Paramount-WBD merger  —  U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín heard arguments from both sides in an 80-minute hearing in Oakland on Friday.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
In a filing disputing state AGs' request for a temporary restraining order, Paramount argued its merger with WBD would increase theatrical motion picture output  —  Paramount Skydance began to lay out its legal argument Thursday against an antitrust lawsuit brought by a dozen states …
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Madison Square Garden files a defamation suit against Wired over an article alleging MSG kept a list of gay celebrities; Wired says it stands by its reporting  —  Wired Magazine used stolen data to falsely accuse Madison Square Garden of creepily surveilling a “list” of gay celeb fans …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Netflix paid $587M in cash for Ben Affleck's AI company, InterPositive, in March  —  The streaming giant disclosed the figure in a footnote in a securities filing Friday.  —  When Netflix acquired Ben Affleck's mysterious AI company InterPositive earlier this year, it took the industry by storm.
Michael Schneider / Variety:
The TV Academy trims the number of Emmy awards in its primetime telecast on September 14, moving five categories to earlier ceremonies on September 5 and 6  —  The Television Academy plans to reduce the number of Emmy categories that are awarded during its primetime Emmy telecast on Sept. 14.
Axel Springer SE:
Axel Springer plans to confer the 2026 Axel Springer Award on Peter Thiel in a ceremony scheduled for September 24, with a tribute by CBS News EIC Bari Weiss  —  Recognizing an entrepreneur, investor, and thought leader who has significantly shaped digital transformation
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
DHS announces plans to shorten visas for foreign journalists in the US from up to 5 years to 240 days and cut those for Chinese journalists to 90 days  —  Visas will be shortened to 240 days, down from five years, and Chinese journalists will be limited to 90 days
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Filings: a group of major music publishers has agreed to end a copyright infringement dispute with X over the use of their music on the social media platform  —  A group of major music publishers including Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) and Sony Music (6758.T) have agreed to end a legal dispute …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix says ~300 titles on its app used generative AI in 2026, mostly in post-production, “to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost”  —  Some titles used AI to create ‘enhanced crowds, historical battle sequences, and worldbuilding establishing shots.’
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $12.56B, vs. $12.59B est., and says it will give fewer engagement updates starting in 2027; NFLX drops 7%+ after hours
 
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A US Court of Appeals rules that the DOD's policy requiring government escorts for journalists working at the Pentagon could stand, a blow for the NYT's case
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Newsweek's publishing revenue is set to drop ~20% this year but it's on track for $100M in revenue due to its healthcare-focused DSP contributing 40% of revenue
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU accepts X's plan to meet DSA transparency obligations and give researchers access to data, giving X six months to implement it, following a €120M fine
Discussion: European Commission
Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
Court docs: Trump drops part of his BBC lawsuit, dismissing claims against its commercial and production arms but continuing the lawsuit against the broadcaster
 Earlier Picks: 
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sony Music Publishing completes its acquisition of the full music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group, backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC
Discussion: Billboard
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
An NYT reporter finds AI-generated, unauthorized biographies of herself and other journalists on Amazon, where AI-made books with elusive “authors” proliferate
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Beehiiv launches Community, which lets subscribers chat with each other, adds an AI tool that helps creators manage their audiences, and adds programmatic ads
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Marvel Comics is moving from NYC to Burbank, CA, asks 100+ employees to relocate by July 2027, and names Stephen Wacker editor-in-chief, replacing C.B. Cebulski
 

 
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New York Times:
Sources: Meta is in talks to rent computing power from its data centers to Anthropic in a deal that could be worth ~$10B over two years

Transformer:
Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about “losing the AI race” to China; K3 is a good model but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities

Reuters:
At the World AI Conference, Xi Jinping touts open-source AI, pledges to help the Global South build AI capabilities, and calls unequal AI access an “injustice”
 
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