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Air alert monitors report a long-range attack drone detected near the city of Poltava, in central-eastern Ukraine, as part of what is described as a nine-of-ten UAV attack on the region overnight. The report circulated via open-source intelligence channels as air defence warnings were active. No casualties or damage details were included in the initial report.

Australian sports broadcaster Phil Gould is at the centre of coverage changes at Channel Nine, with reports he has been demoted in the network's grand final plans and is racing to be fit for preliminary final broadcasts. Commentators say the move says a lot about Nine's approach to its biggest rugby league coverage of the year.

Fubo has expanded its $64.99 sports streaming plan with add-ons offering local broadcast channels for 36 teams: twenty-two MLB clubs, nine NHL teams and five NBA clubs, spread across 27 regional sports networks priced by market. The company has not disclosed how much the local add-ons will cost on top of the base plan, leaving fans unsure what following their home team will actually run each month.

Fubo has expanded its $64.99 sports plan with local channels for 36 teams offered as add-ons, covering 22 MLB clubs, nine NHL clubs and five NBA clubs across 27 regional sports networks priced by market. The company has not disclosed how much extra each add-on will cost, leaving home-team fans unsure of their final bill and prompting questions about whether the bundles are worth it.

A new survey from print-and-mail platform Lob finds 62% of US consumers say AI has made them more wary of digital advertising. Among 2,000 US adults surveyed, 34% now rate print mail as more trustworthy than digital ads, a rise of nine percentage points. Marketing commentators are debating which of Lob's figures hold up under scrutiny.