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accession: "0001213900-25-079940"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NMAX"
cik: "0002026478"
company_name: "Newsmax Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
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event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Newsmax appoints FuboTV CEO David Gandler to its Board of Directors

## Summary
- David Gandler, Co-Founder & CEO of FuboTV (FUBO), joins Newsmax (NMAX) Board effective Aug 21, 2025.
- Gandler receives a stock option award valued at $175,000, vesting fully on the one-year anniversary.
- He fills an existing vacancy; board also includes CEO Christopher Ruddy, Alex Acosta, Nancy Brinker, Christopher Nixon Cox, Paula J. Dobriansky.
- CEO Ruddy cites Gandler's streaming and media expertise to help expand Newsmax's global reach and Newsmax+ service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-079940
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NMAX
- cik: 0002026478
- company_name: Newsmax Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026478/000121390025079940/0001213900-25-079940-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026478/000121390025079940/ea0250492-8k_newsmax.htm

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