CBS News Names New Top Editor
Paramount Skydance is buying online media outlet The Free Press and installing its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, as CBS News editor-in-chief, the company said Monday. "The combination brings together CBS News’s scale and reach with The Free Press’s culture-shaping…
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voice and innovative spirit, united in the pursuit of setting a new standard for trusted journalism in America." Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said Weiss will report directly to him. "We believe the majority of the country longs for news that is balanced and fact-based, and we want CBS to be their home," Ellison said. The Free Press will maintain its brand and operations, Paramount Skydance said. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Weiss' appointment follows that of Kenneth Weinstein, former head of conservative policy think tank the Hudson Institute, who joined CBS News as ombudsman last month (see 2509090065).