Sports

Games to Watch — Monday, June 8: Knicks Can Bury the Spurs With a 3-0 Finals Lead

The Knicks host San Antonio in NBA Finals Game 3 up 2-0 (8:30 PM ABC, New York -2.5), with a chance to take a 3-0 stranglehold. Also on: Reds-Padres on ESPN, Phillies-Blue Jays, and Caitlin Clark's Fever in Washington.

Culture

Paramount Shuts Down BET+ and Buys Out Tyler Perry's Stake

Paramount is shutting down BET+ by mid-August 2026 and moving 1,000+ hours into a BET hub on Paramount+ after buying out Tyler Perry's stake — ending the last direct Black ownership tie to BET.

Technology

Ramp Raises $750 Million Series F at $44 Billion Valuation

Ramp raised a $750 million Series F at a $44 billion valuation, nearly tripling its value in a year as the fintech bets on managing the cost of AI token spend.

Sports

Alexander Zverev Beats Flavio Cobolli to Win 2026 French Open, His First Grand Slam

Alexander Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli in five sets to win the 2026 French Open — his first Grand Slam title after three runner-up finishes, and the first by a German man at Roland Garros since 1937.

Sneakers

Willy Chavarria x adidas 'Comienza Con El Sueño' Mexico Collection Drops June 10

Willy Chavarria's 'Comienza Con El Sueño' adidas collection drops June 10 — three Megaride models from $200, an officially licensed Mexico national team capsule for the 2026 World Cup.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Apple Rebuilds Siri on Gemini, the Knicks Eye a Finals Sweep, Nike's Cryoshot Collab Drop, and Scary Movie's $55M Record — June 8, 2026

Apple rebuilds Siri on a Google Gemini model and opens it to Claude and ChatGPT at WWDC, the Knicks chase a sweep in Game 3 at MSG with a 2-0 Finals lead, and Scary Movie opens to a $55M franchise record.

studios

Uristocrat Studios: Skills - June 7, 2026

This week at Uristocrat Studios: the Learn Quiz skill shipped to skills.uristocrat.com. Edwin's build-in-public workflow running at full speed.

Intelligence Brief

The Intelligence Brief: Sony's Catalog Buy, the Knicks' 2-0 Finals Lead, and Anthropic's $965B IPO Filing — June 6, 2026

From Sony's multibillion-dollar catalog buy and Byron Allen's leveraged BuzzFeed takeover to Anthropic's $965B IPO filing and the first Air Jordan 11 collab to reach retail, this week rewarded owning the asset over renting the moment.

Technology

Jay Hoag Replaces Co-Founder Reed Hastings as Netflix Board Chairman

Netflix named longtime director Jay Hoag board chairman on June 4, succeeding co-founder Reed Hastings, who left the board after nearly three decades — completing a transition that began when Hastings stepped down as CEO in 2023.

Sports

NBA Finals Game 1 Draws 16.9 Million Viewers, ABC's Most-Watched Opener Since 2018

Game 1 of the Knicks–Spurs NBA Finals averaged 16.93 million viewers on ABC — up 90% year over year and the network's most-watched Finals opener since 2018, peaking near 19.6 million.

Technology

YouTube Passes Netflix in Daily Viewing Time for First Time in 2025

Average daily YouTube viewing climbed to 99.1 minutes in 2025 as Netflix slipped to 93.4, the first time YouTube has overtaken Netflix in Digital i's measurement across 20 markets.

Culture

State AGs Prepare Suit to Block $110 Billion Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger

A California-led coalition of up to 10 state attorneys general is drafting an antitrust lawsuit to block the $110 billion Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, with a filing possible this month.