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New York Times Business News - August 6, 2018

These are the most popular stories from the New York Times' business pages. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

ESPN, a Walt Disney company, and the NFL have struck a deal that gives the NFL a 10% stake in the network. ESPN will also acquire the NFL Network as well as certain RedZone Channel Rights.

Rupert Murdoch and U.S. president Donald Trump agreed to delay the deposition of the media mogul in Trump's $10 Billion defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal, until a judge rules upon the newspaper's motion for dismissal.

Spirit Airlines pilot Dominic Cipolla (40) was arrested in July at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and accused of stalking two minors. He was removed from duty.

After the termination of a Moderna bird-flu vaccine contract worth $600 million in May, U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cancelled nearly $500 million dollars in grants and contracts for mRNA vaccines.

(source: Reuters)