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4:20 PM ET, September 2, 2025

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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Vogue's new editor, Chloe Malle, says print issues should be released less frequently, and she wants to build a “smaller, healthier audience” for the website  —  Ms. Malle, 39, succeeds Anna Wintour, a titan in fashion.  “There has to be a noticeable shift that makes this mine,” Ms. Malle said in an interview.
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Vogue:
Anna Wintour announces Chloe Malle as the new editor of American Vogue; Malle began working at Vogue in 2011 and became the editor of Vogue.com in 2023  —  Chloe Malle is Head of Editorial Content for American Vogue, effective immediately.  In this new position, Malle …
Bloomberg:
Sources: the EU delayed a planned September 1 fine against Google over its ad tech practices due to fears it could provoke Trump to unravel EU-US trade progress  —  The European Union paused its immediate plans to punish Alphabet Inc.'s Google for abusing its dominance over advertising technology amid fears …
Al Jazeera:
Reporters Without Borders says 250+ outlets in 70+ countries staged a front page protest highlighting the killing of 200+ journalists in Israel's war on Gaza  —  Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Dolby launches Dolby Vision 2, with AI tools that optimize TVs based on content and a feature for “authentically cinematic” smoothing, first on Hisense TVs  —  The updated format promises ‘authentically cinematic’ use of motion smoothing, and settings that automatically …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Disney agrees to pay $10M to settle an FTC complaint that alleges Disney failed to designate certain YouTube videos as being made for children  —  The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday said it has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a children's privacy lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission related …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
The NFL says Nielsen is “systematically undercounting” millions of viewers of league games, as it experiments with alternatives to Nielsen for additional data  —  League says Nielsen underestimates game viewership; TV ratings firm says this season will be its most accurate
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount and Activision sign a deal for a live-action film based on Call of Duty; Paramount CEO David Ellison says it is his “dream come true”  —  The popular video game franchise will become a live action film through the deal, which Paramount CEO David Ellison calls a “dream come true.”
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
DMG Media, Guardian Media Group, and other UK publishers call for the CMA to include Gemini in its investigation into Google's search and search ads dominance  —  Publishers have called for the UK's competition watchdog to include Gemini in its investigation into Google's market dominance …
Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline:
Canal+ says it is in talks to acquire a 34% stake in production and cinema company UGC, with an option to take full control of UGC in 2028  —  France's Canal+ group announced on Tuesday that it had entered into negotiations with UGC to acquire a 34% minority stake in the historic French cinema company.
Punchbowl News:
Trade group NCTA, which represents cable and telecom giants, names former Republican Senator Cory Gardner as president and CEO, succeeding Michael Powell  —  The NCTA, formerly known as the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, represents cable and telecom giants such as Comcast NBCUniversal …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
WordPress showed off Telex, its experimental AI development tool, at WordCamp US; Matt Mullenweg said it is a “V0 or Lovable, but specifically for WordPress”  —  Web publishing platform WordPress is introducing an early version of an AI development tool, which CEO Matt Mullenweg described as a …
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comscore: US and Canada summer box office revenue was $3.67B, down slightly from $3.68B in 2024, and well short of the $4B from the Barbenheimer-fueled 2023  —  The May to Labor Day season initially soared, but global grosses took a nosedive as foreign movie ticket sales plunged further …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Maoyan: China's 2025 summer box office hit $1.67B, up 2.7% YoY; average ticket prices fell to $5.04, driven by reduced distribution fees and ticket subsidies
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