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Addison Cummings / The New York Times Company:
NYT names Real Estate Editor Nikita Stewart as its new Metro editor; she has held various NYT positions and worked at The Star-Ledger and The Washington Post  —  We are delighted to tell you that Nikita Stewart, a gifted leader who has brought a spirit of innovation, investigative energy …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD files a copyright suit against Midjourney, accusing the startup of using its content to train AI and letting users generate images of characters like Batman  —  The lawsuit against Midjourney was filed as a growing contingent of Hollywood steps into the fight over generative artificial intelligence.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Memo: Paramount announces a full return-to-office policy starting in January 2026 and offers a “severance opt-in program” for New York and Los Angeles workers  —  The latest is a return to office policy that requires all employees to be in the office five days a week.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A revamped Inside the NFL, produced by NFL Films, will debut September 8 on Elon Musk's X, with at least 10 short episodes airing weekly on the platform  —  Ryan Clark will host the show, which will be reimagined for the Elon Musk-owned platform as a short-form series with new episodes throughout each week of the NFL season.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden is stepping down, and Maureen Polo will succeed her; CFO Corey Shepardson has been named COO and will run business operations  —  Polo joined the Reese Witherspoon-founded company in 2022 as head of direct-to-consumer.  —  Hello Sunshine is shaking up its C-suite …
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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.
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Ads during the Chargers-Chiefs NFL game on YouTube on September 5 will cost ~$30 for every 1,000 viewers, more than double what YouTube usually gets  —  A YouTube commercial in Times Square for Friday night's game.Video by Tony Cenicola/the New York Times  —  Neal Mohan, the chief executive …
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.
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Fandango partners with TikTok to let users buy movie tickets from within TikTok, starting with Disney's Tron: Ares, in theaters October 10  —  Fandango will parnter with TikTok on a new venture that will let users purchase movie tickets directly in-app.  —  The first-of-its-kind deal …
 
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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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