Paramount CEO David Ellison announced the news in a note to all staffers, which was obtained by CNN. In the note, Ellison said that Weiss “brings a passion for reaching broad audiences through rigorous, fact-based reporting and a relentless commitment to amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum.”

"We have antitrust laws to put a stop to this kind of concentration. It is time we all sound the alarm bells and enforce the laws," the senator says

CBS News staffers who object to Bari Weiss are either "too progressive" or "really old," according to a well-placed network insider speaking with Fox News Digital.

“Bari is a proven champion of independent, principled journalism, and I am confident her entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision will invigorate CBS News,” said David Ellison, Paramount’s CEO. “This move is part of Paramount’s bigger vision to modernize content and the way it connects — directly and passionately — to audiences around the world.”

Paramount has named former New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss to lead CBS News, in the latest move by new owners to reshape operations of one of America's leading news organisations. Paramount is also buying The Free Press, the digital outlet Weiss ...

Puck News correspondent Dylan Byers reported on X Thursday that Paramount will announce a deal to acquire The Free Press and its founder Bari Weiss on Monday.

Paramount has acquired Bari Weiss’ ostensibly “anti-woke” publication the Free Press, it announced on Monday, naming the website’s founder and top editor the new editor in chief of CBS News and making apparent CEO David Ellison’s desire to shift the Tiffany Network’s news division in a more conservative direction.

Newly installed CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss had a phalanx of six bodyguards in New York City on Tuesday as she has faced heightened security concerns, a source with knowledge of the matter told The Post.

D: Paramount made official its 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. Per the announcement,

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert mocked his network’s new boss, David Ellison, on Thursday. During his opening monologue, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" host made a sarcastic dig at Ellison, marking National Boss’s Day with a jab at the Paramount Skydance CEO.