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As of Thu 9 Jul 2026 · 8 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Thursday 9 July 2026

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  1. 01 · Puck

    "Can the U.K. Block the WarnerMount Merger?"

    UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is minded to intervene in Paramount's roughly $110B acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

    M&A

  2. 02 · Puck

    "Analyst Steven Cahall on NFL Rights, Fox–Roku, NBC Spinoff"

    Wells Fargo's Steven Cahall told Puck the real stress test is whether linear networks can still afford the NFL.

  3. 03 · Puck

    "Abdul El-Sayed's Radical A.I. Plan for Michigan"

    Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed proposes 50% public ownership of the frontier AI labs, framing AI as an affordability issue on par with housing.

    Housing · AI

  4. 04 · Business Insider

    NYT's Joe Kahn on the video "race against time"

    NYT editor Joe Kahn told Business Insider the paper is in a race against time to reinvent for video, as big a transformation as print-to-digital.

  5. 05 · The Athletic

    "The United States is never going to win a men's World Cup"

    After a fourth straight Round of 16 exit, The Athletic argues it's fine: America may simply never win a men's World Cup.

  6. 06 · The Athletic

    "How the World Cup breeds conspiracy theories"

    Further reading from the day's section on the World Cup and the money behind the game.

  7. 07 · Vox

    "Your Ring camera isn't stopping crime. But it might be making you paranoid."

    Allie Volpe finds doorbell cameras aren't really stopping crime but are breeding paranoia; 62% of Americans have installed an outdoor camera.

    Surveillance

  8. 08 · Defector

    "The Tour de France's Infernal Present Portends Its Impossible Future"

    The Tour de France banned smoking in TV areas over fire risk as a stage finished 60km from a wildfire that forced 12,000 evacuations.

    Climate

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