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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Paramount buys Bari Weiss' The Free Press, a source says for $150M; Weiss becomes CBS News EIC, reporting 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’
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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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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: The Free Press hires Adam Rubenstein, who edited Sen. Tom Cotton's controversial “Send in the Troops” NYT op-ed in June 2020, as its deputy editor — CBS News has tapped Adam Rubenstein — the conservative journalist who claimed in a viral essay that he was ostracized …
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.”
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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.
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The Defense Department says that journalists “are not required to submit their writings” before publication, in a revised draft of restrictions for press access — The Defense Department on Monday loosened and clarified its new restrictions for press access to the Pentagon …
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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Motion Picture Association calls on OpenAI to take “immediate and decisive action” to prevent copyright infringement on its Sora 2 service — The lobbying group, which counts all the major studios, called on the tech giant to at least acknowledge that it needs to follow established copyright law.
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Sam Altman:
Sam Altman says OpenAI is planning two Sora changes for rightsholders: granular controls over generation of their characters and a revenue sharing system
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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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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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