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New York Times
11-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Skydance Is in Early Talks to Acquire The Free Press
David Ellison, the chief executive of the media company Skydance, has recently held early discussions about acquiring The Free Press, the online publication co-founded by Bari Weiss, according to two people with knowledge of the talks. Ms. Weiss, who started The Free Press in 2021 with her wife, Nellie Bowles, and her sister, Suzy Weiss, has positioned the company as a brash alternative to traditional media organizations. Mr. Ellison is trying to close Skydance's merger with Paramount, the parent company of CBS News. A deal between Skydance and The Free Press is far from certain. Ms. Weiss, a former opinion writer for The New York Times, has expressed a desire to run the site as a stand-alone company for the foreseeable future. Mr. Ellison's attention has been focused on closing the deal with Paramount. This week, the two are attending the annual Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, which has historically been a deal-making hotbed. Allen & Company an investment firm, is a shareholder in The Free Press, alongside the venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and David Sacks, and the former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz. The company has more than 30 investors, who own relatively small stakes in the company. Other investors include Yael Aflalo, the founder of Reformation, and Bobby Kotick, the former chief executive of Activision Blizzard. Terms of any potential deal under discussion could not be learned. In recent months, a handful of media owners have reached out to Ms. Weiss for advice on ways to improve their media properties, and some of that outreach has led to discussions about acquiring The Free Press, one of the people said. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Guardian
30-06-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Sudoku 6,950 medium
Click here to access the print version. Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. To see the completed puzzle, buy the next issue of the Guardian (for puzzles published Monday to Thursday). Solutions to Friday and Saturday puzzles are given in either Saturday's or Monday's edition.
The Guardian
23-06-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Sudoku 6,942 medium
Click here to access the print version. Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. To see the completed puzzle, buy the next issue of the Guardian (for puzzles published Monday to Thursday). Solutions to Friday and Saturday puzzles are given in either Saturday's or Monday's edition.
The Guardian
22-06-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Sudoku 6,941 easy
Click here to access the print version. Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. To see the completed puzzle, buy the next issue of the Guardian (for puzzles published Monday to Thursday). Solutions to Friday and Saturday puzzles are given in either Saturday's or Monday's edition.
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Town's 'good news' magazine to stop publication
A magazine celebrating the good news in a town is set to stop publication after its next issue in October. The Happy Hood, released quarterly, was started in 2018 in Northampton after receiving funding from the then borough council and the National Lottery. Laura Graham, the magazine's founder and editor, said the brand would continue along with its monthly walking group. In a post of social media she said: "Cost are rising, people can't volunteer like they used to, and people aren't buying it in the numbers they used to." Ms Graham added "funding is really difficult to get hold of" with the magazine running without any grants since 2023. Since launching, more than 250 people had made voluntary contributions to the publication which is sold in shops, bars and cafes in Northampton. Earlier this year it marked its seventh birthday and 26th edition with an event in the town. In her social media post Ms Graham said the decision to stop publication was "difficult". But she said: "What we've done is revolutionary, and unheard of, and we've done something really cool. "Who knows what we might do in the future." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Community comic book exhibition opens in town 'Too much good news in Northampton' The Happy Hood
