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Who Is CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss’ Wife? All About Journalist Nellie Bowles
Paramount acquired The Free Press, which has 1.5 million subscribers, enabling Bari Weiss's appointment as CBS News editor-in-chief and sparking scrutiny over editorial decisions.
- Shortly after Paramount's October 2025 acquisition of The Free Press, CBS News — a division of Paramount — named Weiss its editor-in-chief.
- Built from a Substack foundation, The Free Press rebranded in 2022 and grew to over 1.5 million subscribers after Weiss resigned from The New York Times in 2020 and co-founded the newsletter in 2021.
- After joining CBS News, Weiss faced questions over editorial choices, including pulling a 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump administration in December 2025 and wed Bowles in 2020.
- Weiss described the deal as a great moment for The Free Press, saying the partnership would extend their ethos to a large audience and honor CBS News' legacy.
- Drawing on Bowles' reporting and book, her San Francisco background and writing provide context for the outlet's perspective, and she said `To me, in part because I grew up here, but in part because I just I really believe that San Francisco is such an important story and is such an important story to understand America.
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Who Is CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss’ Wife? All About Journalist Nellie Bowles
Bari Weiss and her partner, Nellie Bowles, married in 2020. They went on launch a media company and have children together. Here's everything to know about Bari Weiss' wife, Nellie Bowles.
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Total News Sources3
Leaning Left2Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 33%
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