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13 · Status

Status argues Puck's lead media reporter has gone to unusual lengths to defend Bari Weiss's CBS News overhaul while Puck pursues a deal with a Paramount investor.

14 · Puck

Dylan Byers argues the pile-on over the 60 Minutes premiere ignored the NFL lead-in and Nielsen's new methodology.

15 · Digiday

Critics told Digiday the licensing scheme looks less like a meaningful payout than a legal fig leaf.

AI

16 · Puck

Further reading from the day's section on The News Business Under Siege.

17 · Digiday

Sports marketing experts say F1's US growth has room left and brands shouldn't read a streaming-transition dip as a collapse in fandom.

Transit

18 · Digiday

The obvious loser in the holding-company account shuffle isn't the real one, according to Digiday's media-buying team.

19 · Digiday

Agencies are grappling with a cost structure split between AI subscriptions and metered token usage, and an unresolved question of who pays.

AI

20 · Digiday

94% of year-to-date US luxury resale revenue on TikTok Shop is coming from livestreaming.

21 · Adweek

The Trade Desk is cutting roughly 15% of its workforce after its valuation fell from $69 billion to under $7 billion and it lost its S&P 500 seat.

22 · Mediaweek

The cuts take headcount to roughly 105,000 by December as Omnicom pursues $1.5 billion in synergies from the IPG acquisition.

M&A

23 · AdExchanger

Google is adding experimental ad-detection metrics to its Chrome User Experience Report, raising the question of who defines ad quality.

24 · Search Engine Land

Microsoft will require advertisers to disclose synthetic content and preserve provenance data.

Advertising · AI

25 · The Refresh

Amazon joins a long and growing list of ad tech, creative and measurement firms wiring campaigns into ChatGPT.

Advertising

26 · Front Office Sports

The opening of the $2.2 billion stadium is the start of a broader NFL venue development cycle.

Stadium financing

27 · The 4th Quarter

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's four-year-old league-operating holding company is closing a round valuing it north of $1 billion.

28 · Sports Business Journal

Clearlake now controls Chelsea in a $6.7 billion deal, with Boehly and Walter taking roughly $1.2 billion in cash for a combined 25% stake.

29 · Sports Business Journal

Adam Silver said the decision turns on the bidding group rather than the arena, which he called NBA-ready.

30 · Front Office Sports

Opening week averaged 19.5 million viewers per game, down 13% from 2025 but still the third-most-watched opening week in a decade.

31 · CNBC

Netflix's content chief said the streamer will keep talking about NFL international rights and picks games that qualify as cultural events.

32 · Front Office Sports

The Knicks said a mistake caused season-opener tickets to go on sale averaging $2,500, and buyers will receive partial refunds.

33 · Front Office Sports

Both Florida senators voted against advancing the Protect College Sports Act because it could complicate conference realignment for Miami and FSU.

College sport

34 · Front Office Sports

The defensive coordinator resigned as UNC announced the end of its investigation into the culture of the football program.

35 · Front Office Sports

Nike will be removed from the S&P 100 next week with its stock down 43% year to date.

36 · Apple

Apple TV's comedy-horror series took 14 awards across the 2026 Emmys, giving the streamer the top comedy prize in four of the last six years.

37 · BBC

Ursula von der Leyen responded by opening the door to making Canada the EU's first-ever associate member.

38 · Reuters

Intel rose on the report, though SK Hynix played the discussions down later the same day.

39 · Business Insider

Internal planning documents show Amazon aiming for more than 1,000 same-day delivery hubs by 2031, up from 85 today.

40 · Men in Blazers

Manchester United went 2-0 up inside ten minutes at Old Trafford and lost 3-2 to Brighton, eliminated by 19-year-old Charalampos Kostoulas.

41 · Vox

Further reading from the day's section on Lightning Round.

42 · Vox

Further reading from the day's section on Lightning Round.

43 · Puck

Dario Vitale is joining Emporio Armani as creative director at a house currently shopping a significant stake in the business.

44 · BBC Sport

Further reading from the day's section on Lightning Round.

45 · The Washington Post

A wave of Russian strikes and covert plots is raising fears in Washington that the conflict is spiraling.

46 · The Washington Post

California homeowners are building a costly rock wall against years of beach erosion, escalating a fight over private property and the coastline.

47 · Bleacher Nation

Joe Buck has reportedly agreed to a six-year, $108 million extension that keeps him on Monday Night Football into the 2030s.