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As of Thu 6 Aug 2026 · 16 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Thursday 6 August 2026
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01 · The Washington Post
"This federal judge ruled against Trump. Then the threats began."U.S. District Judge John McConnell ruled against the Trump administration, faced a wave of intimidation, and went on the record about it.
02 · Puck
"Why Republicans Still Won't Break With Trump"Further reading from the day's section on Abdul El-Sayed's one-point win in Michigan.
03 · The Washington Post
"Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over shortages of long-range guided missiles"Trump and Pete Hegseth clashed at Camp David over shortages of long-range guided missiles, with Trump asking why he hadn't been told.
04 · AI Secret
"Nvidia's New Landlord"AI Secret's issue also covers the Ninth Circuit's ruling in the Perplexity and Amazon case.
05 · Puck
"The Latest WarnerMount Hurdle: A Routine Exec-Poaching Lawsuit"Warner is suing Amazon for poaching an HBO Max marketing executive mid-contract, a talent war conducted in court.
06 · Puck
"Inside the Sports Media Talent Market Collapse"Sports TV's on-air middle class is absorbing the cost of the media industry's squeeze.
07 · Digiday
"Sony is scaling up its PlayStation advertising ambitions"Further reading from the day's section on media companies stuck in merger limbo.
08 · Digiday
"People Inc. CEO: We're not turning off Google crawlers yet"People Inc.'s CEO told investors Google Search is down to 21% of its traffic from nearly two-thirds, while declining for now to block the crawlers.
09 · Digiday
"The Rundown: Google's legal woes with ad tech rivals"Further reading from the day's section on media companies stuck in merger limbo.
10 · The Athletic
"MLB Power Rankings: The trade deadline is done"Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the fight over who the WNBA is for.
11 · Defector
"The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete"Defector's Lauren Theisen notes there is no trans player in the WNBA, so the discourse since Sophie Cunningham's comments is about a concept.
12 · Defector
"WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads"Further reading from the day's section on sports business and the fight over who the WNBA is for.
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13 · Puck
"Vuori and the Art of Not Being Cool"Reformation's flat NYSE debut serves as a warning to Vuori, the $5.5B activewear brand still resisting an IPO.
14 · Status
"The Guthrie Gridlock"Six months after Nancy Guthrie's abduction, the FBI and local authorities are still trading blame.
15 · Defector
"Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball"The response to the ESPN profile of Sophie Cunningham that started the WNBA news cycle.
16 · Puck
"Inside the Met's new Orientalism show"Marion Maneker on the Met's new Orientalism exhibition, which embraces the gap between fact and fantasy.
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