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3:50 PM ET, September 8, 2025

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Paramount appoints Kenneth Weinstein, former president and CEO of the conservative think tank Hudson Institute, as the ombudsman for CBS News  —  Paramount has tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, to serve as ombudsman for CBS News.
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI is providing its tools and computing resources for Critterz, a largely AI-made feature-length animated film that is set to hit theaters globally in 2026  —  The film, called ‘Critterz,’ aims to debut at the Cannes Film Festival and will leverage the startup's AI tools and resources
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A reimagined Wizard of Oz draws 4,000 to 5,000 fans two or three times per day to the Las Vegas Sphere; a source says the 1939 film may gross $1B in its new run  —  A reimagined Wizard of Oz is a surprise hit at the Las Vegas Sphere  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles.
Glenn Garner / Deadline:
After a USTA memo, ABC appeared to mute the audience booing President Trump before the US Open Men's Final on September 7, playing music over his appearance  —  Despite the United States Tennis Association's attempt to censor the U.S. Open audience's reaction to Donald Trump's presence …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
YouTube says its first exclusive NFL broadcast on September 5 averaged more than 17.3M global viewers, including 1.1M average minute audiences outside of the US  —  YouTube got into the game with its first exclusive NFL broadcast Sept. 5, which the platform says averaged more than 17.3 million global viewers.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach plans a net cut of 186 staff in a major reorganization, including 321 redundancies and creating 135 new roles focused on video and a new live news network  —  More than 600 journalists across Reach nationals and regionals have been told their jobs are at risk as the publisher plans …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo plans to launch a newsletter written from a progressive perspective this month, and has hired several political reporters from Rolling Stone  —  The Scoop  —  Later this month, Zeteo is launching a morning political newsletter written from a progressive perspective.
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern returns to SiriusXM, after trolling viewers with a joke that Andy Cohen had taken over his channel slot; rumors suggested his deal was canceled  —  “What pisses me off is now I can't leave,” Stern said Monday.  “I've been thinking about retiring, now I can't.”
Max Tani / Semafor:
Former New York Times media reporter Ravi Somaiya is launching Bungalow, a longform journalism project, and plans to publish ten digital editions annually  —  A seasoned journalist wants to take a new approach to longform storytelling.  —  Next week, the former New York Times media reporter Ravi Somaiya …
 
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said “the open web is already in rapid decline”, contradicting Google's recent statements
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement pulls up a drawbridge on its startup rivals that cannot afford such fines, setting a floor price on training infringement
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Reuters withdraws Xi and Putin's longevity chat video, after China state TV pulls legal permission to use it; the video was distributed to 1,000+ media clients
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Skydance aims to revitalize its cable networks, including MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, without increasing spending on them
 

 
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Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about its €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B, above its market value of ~$8B as of December 5 close

Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times:
Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ
 
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