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8:20 PM ET, October 6, 2025

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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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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’
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 …
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.”
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
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
 
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About 25% of US adults say they use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for news, and 33% of them say they generally find it difficult to tell what is true and what is not
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