US EditionFree Press founder Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News after deal with Paramount
Paramount acquired The Free Press for $150 million and named founder Bari Weiss CBS News editor-in-chief to restore credibility and attract right-of-center viewers amid network challenges.
- Bari Weiss has been appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News following Paramount's acquisition of her media outlet, The Free Press, for $150 million.
- Weiss aims to bring voices from various perspectives to CBS News.
- The acquisition and Weiss's appointment have stirred concerns among CBS News staff about the impact on traditional journalistic standards.
- Paramount CEO David Ellison emphasized the desire for balanced news, stating, 'We believe the majority of the country longs for news that is balanced and fact-based.
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Bari Weiss will run CBS News, gets $150 million — and victory over wokeness
In the resignation letter announcing her departure from the Grey Lady in July 2020, opinion journalist Bari Weiss memorably lamented that “Twitter is not on the masthead of the New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor.” What Weiss meant was that the extremely progressive sensibilities of elite social media users
PORTRAIT. Paramount has just announced that Bari Weiss will become the editor-in-chief of CBS News. Surprising news for one of the figures of the anti-woke movement in the American media.
Bari Weiss takes over the leadership of CBS News. It should create a conservative imprint, but it is not a Trump fan. It has its own focus.
'Gender-critical' journalist Bari Weiss appointed editor-in
US media conglomerate Paramount has announced the acquisition of conservative outlet The Free Press, in a multi-million-dollar deal and has named Bari Weiss as the editor-in-chief of CBS News. Weiss is a conservative journalist known for her criticism of so-called cancel culture and all things “woke”, gender-critical views which have led her to offer a platform to trans exclusionary figures such as JK Rowling. She has said she “happily plead[s] …
Paramount Formally Hires Bari Weiss To Turn What’s Left Of CBS News Into A Soggy Right Wing Propaganda And Troll Farm
It's super curious how the folks most vocal about being cancelled or having their "Conservative viewpoints silenced" now own or control most major U.S. media companies. Almost as if their claims of being silenced have always been a bullshit ploy to dominate the discourse on the back of something other than the quality of their…
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