NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount said Monday that it has bought the commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News.
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The announcement, while anticipated, is a bold move for the venerable television news network initiated by new corporate leader David Ellison. Weiss’ experience is in print journalism, particularly in commentary.
“I am confident her entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision will invigorate CBS News,” Ellison said in a news release. “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.”
No purchase price was announced for The Free Press, which has been a success since Weiss started it after leaving The New York Times as an opinion writer. Some at CBS News have been concerned it is a sign that the news division was moving in a direction more friendly to President Donald Trump.
Ellison said Weiss will report directly to him and partner with CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, who reports to Paramount executive George Cheeks.
Ellison said that Weiss will “shape editorial priorities, champion core values across platforms and lead innovation in how the organization reports and delivers the news.”
He said that “we believe the majority of the country longs for news that is balance and fact-based, and we want CBS to be their home.”
One of the most overrated brains in media today
Thist might be a step of legacy MSM doing some teshuva. B. Weiss was one of the first to call out the dissinformation promulgated by Public Health & Biden administration suring Covid and even before then calling liberal bias & missimfo while she was at NYT.
Her site was relevant at the beginning… sold out …
Wow! This is big!