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When Netflix announced last month that it had acquired the rights to two NFL football games to stream on Christmas Day, TV news agents were buzzing. If the streaming behemoth is getting into sports — after saying for so long that it wouldn’t — could live news shows be far behind as the Los Gatos, California, streaming giant diversifies its programming roster? Think of the ease of a button on the Netflix home screen that could take users to a breaking story, such as the guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Or consider how Netflix, which has 270 million…

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