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5:45 PM ET, July 23, 2026

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Associated Press:
The DOJ withdraws subpoenas that would have forced three NYT reporters to testify about sources, after a federal judge criticized the DOJ for sloppy legal work  —  Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three …
Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Patreon lays off 20% of its employees, or 93 people, citing a “painful” restructuring due to “profound” changes in the creator economy  —  Patreon, the creator-focused monetization platform, said on Thursday it was laying off 20% of its employees as it changed how its internal structure operates.
Reuters:
Sources: Jeff Bezos pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to highlight AI in an overhaul of the service, leading to an internal effort called Project Lighthouse  —  Jeff Bezos has identified a new, high-profile platform to help showcase the hundreds of billions of dollars Amazon (AMZN.O) has bet on artificial intelligence: Prime Video.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to restore the Cinerama Dome and adjacent 14-screen theater in Los Angeles, reopening in 2028 and operated by Alamo Drafthouse  —  The iconic Cinerama Dome and adjacent 14-screen theater complex will reopen in 2028 after a renovation.  The venue closed in 2020 because of the pandemic.
Financial Times:
Financial firms, their lawyers, and ethics experts say there could be legal risks in paying Trump Media for fast access to Truth Social posts via an API  —  New venture has raised questions as financial firms decipher risk of paying for advanced access to market-moving feed
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
Comcast reports Peacock revenue up 54% YoY to $1.9B and its adjusted EBITDA of $189M, its first-ever quarterly profit; film revenue rose 25% YoY to $3.04B  —  Comcast Corp. reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates on key metrics, buoyed by the first-ever quarterly profitability …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Hearst, Dow Jones, Condé Nast and NJ.com are setting subscription renewal prices using dynamic pricing, often using AI and referred to as “personalized offers”  —  Outlets like Wired, NJ.com, and The Wall Street Journal are setting renewal prices just for you — and being forced to disclose it.
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Night-owned podcast network The Roost rebrands as Podium, signs Trisha Paytas, and says it reaches 50M monthly video and audio impressions  —  The Roost's parent, talent management and media company Night, has made the move two years after it acquired the podcast business …
Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
ESPN's layoffs cement its new identity, where it prioritizes self-promoting individuals like Pat McAfee, because it thinks that is the only way to break through  —  The reason fans care so much about the ESPN layoffs is the same reason they love their favorite teams and players.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
A specialist UK tribunal awards BBC correspondent Vincent Kearney £20K in damages after MI5 and police admitted to illegally obtaining Kearney's call records  —  Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist paid £20,000 in damages by MI5 and PSNI.  —  A journalist whose communications data …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes Chief Content Officer and magazine EIC Randall Lane has left after joining in 2011; executive editor Kerry Lauerman will oversee editorial operations  —  Randall Lane, the chief content officer at Forbes, has left the business news organization.  —  “We can confirm that Randall Lane …
 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: three OpenAI models breached Hugging Face's internal systems in a matter of hours, an attack that would have taken a talented hacker a couple of weeks

Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Ford says Apple's software will be available in its new EVs, helping determine autonomous driving via Apple Maps, and they are working to improve self-driving

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Google adds a selfie video sign-in option for account recovery, using tools like liveness detection to safeguard against deepfake attacks, rolling out globally
 
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