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New York Post Media Group collaborates with Google Cloud to launch Hamilton, a personalized news experience built with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform New experience brings conversational search, custom news digests and smarter discovery to readers of The New York Post and The California Post NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Post Media Group (NYPMG), home of The New York Post, The California Post, Page Six, Page Six Hollywood and Decider, today announced the launch of Hamilton, a free, personalized news experience that transforms how readers discover, consume, and engage with journalism. Developed with Google Cloud's full-stack AI, including Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Hamilton is rolling out across The New York Post and The California Post apps, combining conversational search, personalized news digests, tailored recommendations, and intelligent notifications into a single reader experience built for the next era of news consumption.

News Corporation tops fiscal Q4 estimates as Digital Real Estate, Dow Jones and Book Publishing fueled revenue, EBITDA and earnings growth.

Digital-only subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal averaged nearly 4.5 million in the quarter, compared with 4.33 million in the prior quarter.

NWSA's fiscal Q4 results are expected to benefit from strength in Dow Jones and digital businesses despite macro headwinds.

Lower Asking Rents Offer Some Relief, Though Many Class of 2026 Graduates Still Face Affordability Challenges in Realtor.com ®'s Q2 2026 Los Angeles Rental Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's college graduates heading to Los Angeles County are entering a rental market that's more affordable than it has been in years, but housing costs remain high for many just starting their careers. The median asking rent fell to $2,603 in the second quarter of 2026, down $91, or 3.4%, from a year earlier and the lowest level since the end of 2021, according to the Q2 2026 Los Angeles County Rental Report  from Realtor.com ®.

Manhattan Rents Are Up 9.0% as All Four Boroughs Post Increases in Realtor.com ®'s Q2 2026 NYC Rental Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's college graduates heading to New York City for work are looking at the most expensive rental market the city has posted since Realtor.com® began tracking in 2019. The median asking rent climbed to $3,707 in the second quarter of 2026, up $164, or 4.6%, year over year.

News Corp , facing a lawsuit by search engine Brave Software, has filed a countersuit accusing it ‌of "flagrant theft" in distributing and selling versions of articles from the Wall Street Journal and New York Post to AI companies.

U.S. consumer sentiment hit a five-month high as energy costs fell. CTAS, CZR, NCLH, NWSA and VIK are five consumer discretionary picks for H2 2026.

It Now Takes a $78,000 Income to Buy a Starter Home, Up From $43,000 in 2019, According to a New Report from Realtor.com ® AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The national starter home shortage that peaked in 2022 is beginning to ease, but a new Realtor.com ®  report finds the recovery is anything but even. Nationally, there are roughly 300,000 fewer homes priced under $350,000 on the market today than in June 2019, and the typical starter home now costs $344,000, up from $256,000 seven years ago.

Transactions Grew for the Third Straight Year But Remain a Small Slice of the Market, According to a New Realtor.com ® Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Realtor.com® finds that short sales, an alternative to foreclosure for underwater homeowners, are growing. Short sales remain a small slice of the market: fewer than 30,000 took place in the U.S. in 2025, accounting for roughly 0.6% of all typical home sales and 28% of distressed sales.