CBS kicked off a flashy fall premiere week Sunday, using the wide viewership brought by a football doubleheader to launch a week's worth of new and returning shows with a bang. It was a night of two female-led mysteries,

Ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather slammed CBS News for acquiring The Free Press for $150 million and naming its founder Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief.

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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.

Paramount CEO David Ellison is reportedly set to acquire The Free Press and will appoint Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News, which is rocking the halls of the Tiffany network.

Paramount said Monday that it has bought the news and commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News, saying it believes the country longs for news that is balanced and fact-based.

John Oliver agrees with former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather regarding the future of CBS News after Paramount CEO David Ellison hired Bari Weiss as the network’s new editor in chief.

“Really young people who, frankly, might be [more] progressive than they should be, and the really old people who feel protective of a brand that no longer exists anyway,” the CBS News insider told Fox News Digital of colleagues who are “aghast” Weiss was hand-picked by Paramount CEO David Ellison to lead the news division.

The layoffs are likely to start before Paramount reports its first quarterly earnings after the closure of the Skydance Media merger.

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.

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