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2:05 PM ET, September 4, 2025

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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: David Ellison tentatively agreed on a deal to acquire The Free Press for between $100M-$200M, with Bari Weiss taking an editorial position at CBS News  —  With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss's The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Daily Mail names Greta Lawn to the newly created position of president for North America to lead revenue growth  —  The Daily Mail has created the role of president for North America to lead its revenue growth in the world's largest media market.  —  The brand has appointed Greta Lawn …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta rolls out a tool that lets users attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, building upon Threads' 500-character text limit for posts  —  Blogging is back. … Meta is adding a new feature to let you add a bunch of extra text to Threads posts — no screenshots of text blocks required.
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Disney Entertainment TV launches video podcasts as TV series companions, starting with Only Murders in the Building on September 9  —  Hulu's “Only Murders in the Building,” a series about podcasters, is about to get an official one of its own.  Disney Entertainment Television is embarking …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
A look at newsletter-first publisher The European Correspondent, which launched in 2022, got a €2.1M grant from the EU in June, and has almost 70K subscribers  —  A European news publisher is aiming to become self-funding through reader donations after securing a €2.1m grant from the European Commission in June.
Discussion: @pressgazette.co.uk
Rogue:
Former Polygon employees launch worker-owned video game website Rogue; Valnet laid off Polygon staff in May after buying the outlet from Vox  —  A detailed FAQ to answer your biggest questions about Rogue  —  Hi, we're the writers behind Rogue, a new website about video games.
France 24:
France's CNIL fines Google €325M for placing tracking cookies and ads in Gmail without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision  —  France's data protection watchdog CNIL on Wednesday fined Google €325 million ($380 million) and fast-fashion retailer Shein €150 million …
Peter White / Deadline:
Roku names former WBD and Hulu exec Lisa Holme as head of content, following the departure of David Eilenberg in May  —  Roku has a new head of content.  —  The streaming company has hired former Warner Bros. Discovery and Hulu exec Lisa Holme to the role.
Laura Pitel / Financial Times:
Italian broadcaster MFE acquires a 76% stake in Germany's ProSieben, valuing ProSieben at €1.9B and creating Europe's biggest free-to-air broadcaster  —  Italy's MfE aims to compete with Netflix after winning protracted battle for ProSiebenSat.1  —  The Italian media empire founded …
Discussion: Deadline, Variety and RTÉ
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
Luminate: Apple TV+ has all but abandoned animated shows, ordering just six animated series in 2024, a 60% drop compared to 15 orders each in 2022 and 2023  —  Even with its ‘Peanuts’ rights, the Apple SVOD service has seemingly all but abandoned cartoons.  —  Want to stream cartoons …
Discussion: Animation Magazine
The Athletic:
NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson confirms the broadcast will add commercials this season; the show, with about 1M fans who watch each week, tested ads last season  —  Every Sunday, during the NFL's regular season, for the past several year's host Scott Hanson welcomed “NFL RedZone” viewers with a growling catch phrase:
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
NBCUniversal says it has already sold 90% of its Sunday Night Football ad spots for the upcoming season and all of its Super Bowl spots for February
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The NFL strikes a licensing deal with Front Office Sports, the first time the NFL has partnered with a sports business-focused news outlet to share content
 
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C-SPAN, a nonprofit network supported by license fees from cable and satellite companies since 1979, lands distribution deals with YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV
Adam Leventhal / The Athletic:
Anti-piracy organization ACE says a joint operation with Egyptian law enforcement shut down Streameast, the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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