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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Bari Weiss says she aims for “news that reflects reality”; David Ellison says CBS will speak to the 70% that “define themselves at center-left to center-right” — Weiss to take control of CBS News's editorial vision, aiming for ‘news that reflects reality’
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Paramount acquires Bari Weiss' The Free Press for $150M; Weiss will become CBS News EIC and report to David Ellison, not CBS News President Tom Cibrowski — Paramount Skydance has acquired The Free Press, a digital media outlet founded by former New York Times writer and editor Bari Weiss, the companies said Monday.
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Bari Weiss / The Free Press:
Bari Weiss says The Free Press will remain independent and she will continue to lead it as CEO and editor-in-chief, as she becomes CBS News EIC — We've sent more than 4,000 emails since we started The Free Press five years ago. This one is different. — We're a news organization …
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Bari Weiss' appointment as CBS News editor-in-chief is an acknowledgment of her professional ascension in the five years since leaving the NYT — “I'm a newspaper woman without a newspaper,” Bari Weiss said four years ago on the first episode of her podcast, “Honestly.”
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: The Free Press hires Adam Rubenstein, who edited Sen. Tom Cotton's infamous “Send in the Troops” op-ed for the NYT in June 2020, as its deputy editor — The Free Press has tapped Adam Rubenstein — the conservative journalist who claimed in a viral essay that he was ostracized …
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Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Sources at CBS News say newsroom morale is extremely low ahead of Bari Weiss' arrival, and employees worry about her lack of experience as layoffs loom
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
MSNBC splits off from NBC News to establish its own independent newsgathering operation across the US, after more than 29 years of association with NBC News — The new network's 10 core principles emphasize fairness, accuracy, transparency and firm limits on AI … Today is a groundbreaking day at MSNBC.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Catherine Rampell, a former WaPo columnist who left amid the paper's editorial upheaval, joins The Bulwark to write a weekly economics and policy newsletter — The News — A high-profile columnist who left The Washington Post amid the paper's ongoing editorial upheaval is joining a growing anti-Trump digital news startup.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Taylor Swift's The Official Release Party of a Showgirl opens with $33M at the North American box office, per Comscore; the film played in 3,702 theaters — “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” drastically outperformed “The Smashing Machine,” a vehicle for Dwayne Johnson, known to fans as the Rock.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Swedish news giant Bonnier takes a majority stake in Danish digital outlet Zetland, which has 70,000 members, with subscriptions making up 80%+ of revenue — Zetland has 70,000 members paying for long-form digital journalism. — Swedish news giant Bonnier News has taken a majority stake …
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
American Express launches Amex Ads, a commerce media platform to let brands buy display ads on Amex-owned sites; the ad platform is separate from Amex Offers — American Express has formally stepped into the booming commerce media industry with the launch of Amex Ads, executives exclusively tell Axios.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Hello Sunshine is closing its unscripted programming unit; Hello Sunshine is focusing more on D2C businesses, like its lifestyle brand The Home Edit — The entertainment industry wants to avoid a repeat of what happened at the dawn of the internet.
Josephine Walker / Axios:
A coalition of Chicago journalists, news associations, and others sue President Trump and top officials, alleging repeated 1A violations at an ICE facility — A coalition of Chicago journalists, organizations and protesters sued President Trump and top administration officials over federal agents' …
New York Times:
The DOJ and Google wrap up a two-week remedies hearing in the US v. Google ad tech trial; both sides will offer closing arguments in November — The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri — Spike Lee, Marc Jacobs and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will be among the judges of the Rings program, which will honor the platform's top creators …
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