Bari Weiss took the reins of CBS News on Monday under a deal with Paramount Skydance that had been rumored for weeks. What's changing at The Free Press?
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Bari Weiss Rises Like a Phoenix, Gets a CBS News Top Spot
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Bari Weiss, CBS and the launch of a full-court Free Press
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CBS becomes Bari Weiss’ ‘anti-woke’ arena as the millennial media mogul (and mainstream media critic) digs in
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Bari Weiss asks CBS News staff to explain what they do and what's 'broken.' Read the full memo.
Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days -- giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.
Paramount is reportedly planning to announce a deal for Bari Weiss to join CBS News as editor in chief after acquiring her Free Press media company on Monday.
Weiss will be the editor-in-chief of CBS News starting Monday, she said in a letter to readers. She will remain the CEO and editor of The Free Press, which she said will “remain independent” inside Paramount.
The newly formed media corporation Paramount Skydance has acquired The Free Press, an online news and commentary outlet co-founded by Bari Weiss, who will join CBS News as editor-in-chief
Paramount made officially their long anticipated purchase of The Free Press, the right-of-center commentary site, with its founder, Bari Weiss, set to take on the role of editor in chief at CBS News.
Bari Weiss becomes CBS News editor-in-chief after Paramount acquires The Free Press for $150 million, sparking fierce criticism from liberal journalists and media figures.
Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.
Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, has announced the acquisition of The Free Press. Its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, will join CBS News as editor-in-chief.
Bari Weiss announced on Monday that she is officially editor-in-chief of CBS News, and Paramount is purchasing her outlet The Free Press for $150 million.
The Free Press founder will become editor-in-chief of CBS News, but her role outside the formal org chart is a perplexing question mark for insiders at the network.
CBS News journalists have expressed fear now that Bari Weiss, who resigned from the New York Times due to opposition from woke staffers, could be made editor-in-chief.
Bari Weiss will run a new, debate-style program at CBS in the top role as editor in chief as the Tiffany network embarks on a major leadership shuffle following the Paramount-Skydance merger.
In notes to CBS News employees, Paramount CEO David Ellison and newly named editor-in-chief Bari Weiss each wrote of their goals to bolster the level of trust in the legendary news division.
Bari Weiss took the reins of CBS News on Monday under a deal with Paramount Skydance that had been rumored for weeks. What's changing at The Free Press?
