News diary 27 July – 2 August: Apple and Meta results, Manchester mayor election and Commonwealth Games
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News.
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Mirror publisher to pay ‘substantial’ damages to model over alleged phone hacking
Model complained about hacking of voicemails relating to girlfriends Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz.
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MI5 and police illegally grabbed journalist’s call records to find sources
Former BBC Northern Ireland journalist paid £20,000 in damages by MI5 and PSNI.
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New Internationalist crowdfunds magazine back from brink
Global affairs magazine raises more than £160,000 in fifth fundraising drive.
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Substack promotes human content with ‘scan for AI’ feature
Substack has partnered with AI plagiarism checker Pangram to introduce a new ‘scan for AI text’ feature. On any Substack…
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Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from National Geographic, ESPN and Sherwood News
Press Gazette rolling updates on redundancies made in 2026.
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Reach moves away from ‘volume’ as traffic, revenue and share price plunge
Piers North reveals change of approach after disappointing H1 2026 results.
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Who’s suing AI and who’s signing: News Corp sues Brave, Microsoft signs Australian Copilot deal
Plus: New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity and Google signs non-licensing AI deals.
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