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The Free Press At $20M/year
180 Views07 Oct 2025 08:00
TL;DR: Founded by ex-NYT journalist Bari Weiss as an anti-woke Substack for “disaffected centrists,” The Free Press became the platform’s top earner before being acquired by Paramount-Skydance for $150M (7.5x revenue) to install Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief. Sacra estimates The Free Press hit $20M in annualized revenue in September 2025, up 48% year-over-year. For more, check out our full report and dataset...
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