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6:15 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.
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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.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The New York Times is shuttering its NYT Audio app, launched in May 2023, and integrating podcast archives and audio journalism into its News app  —  The standalone product will shutter in October as the publisher increases audio and video in its flagship News app
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 …
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 …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
An interview with Newsquest CEO Henry Faure Walker on the regional publisher's focus on local news; paid digital subs have risen 35% YoY to 135K  —  Paid digital subscriptions at UK regional publishing giant Newsquest have risen from 100,000 to 135,000 in the past year.
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 …
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.
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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.
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.
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.
 
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Disney Entertainment TV launches video podcasts as TV series companions, starting with Only Murders in the Building on September 9
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
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
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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:
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