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CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss will have to look elsewhere She resumed anchoring the network’s flagship nightly newscast after CNN mainstay Anderson Cooper signed a new deal to remain at the cable news channel for the foreseeable future.
Diversity informed On Monday, Cooper signed a new contract with the network in recent weeks, which will ensure he will remain in his primetime cable news perch for the time being.
In addition to hosting a long-running weekend program anderson cooper 360Cooper hosts a Sunday night newsmagazine-style program and recently launched this is allA new podcast on grief and loss. Additionally, Cooper is the face of the network’s New Year’s Eve programming, co-hosting the countdown from Times Square with his close friend Andy Cohen.
CNN declined to comment about the contract extension or the terms of Cooper’s deal.
“The decision to rehire Cooper may surprise some in the industry, as traditional TV-news outlets have cut ties with veterans including Hoda Kotb, Neil Cavuto, Chris Wallace and others in the past year.” Diversity noted“Media companies are examining salaries as audiences increasingly turn to streaming video and mobile devices for news, information and entertainment,”
Additionally, with CNN’s ratings declining amid continued cord cutting, political polarization and the loss of cable news TV viewing audiences, CNN Chairman Mark Thompson has placed greater emphasis on digital content creation and a subscription-based streaming service.
Due to Cooper’s hefty salary – he reportedly earns $18 million annually – and his recent change in talent agencies, as well as pressure to reduce salaries across the television landscape, there has been speculation that Cooper may seek other opportunities and move on from the network he has called his home since 2001.
those whispers This has increased further in recent weeks After Weiss expressed interest in making Cooper an anchor at CNN CBS Evening News As an “anti-woke” Free Press founder continually seeks to revive third-place broadcasting.
Shortly after Paramount chief David Ellison appointed Weiss to lead the newsroom amid a shift to the right at the news network, the former new York Times The opinion columnist began contacting big names from other networks to potentially lead a reboot of the evening program.
In addition to Cooper, who also works as a correspondent 60 minutesWeiss took a look Fox News’ main political anchor is Brett Baer and Dana Perino, who co-anchors a weekday Fox News newscast and is a panelist on the Opinion Roundtable show. Five,
While Perino has been a longtime fan of Weiss and praised her during a recent podcast appearance, both she and Bayer are locked into a Fox News contract for the next several years — something that Bayer noted CBS News debunks rumors,
Network sources tell the T that it’s becoming less likely that Weiss will be able to do a great job on the outside, so her focus has shifted internally.he is freeThis has especially happened in recent times CBS Evening News Co-anchor Maurice DuBois followed his colleague John Dickerson out the door, announcement last week That December 18th would be his last broadcast.
Is the leading candidate within the network to take over this role cbs morning co-host Tony Dokoupil, who had been a favorite of Weiss since before he joined the network. For example, Weiss and The Free Press strongly defended Dokoupil last year after CBS News management reprimanded him for a controversial interview about Israel and Palestine with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Dokoupil was also recently given the opportunity to interview Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, installed by Weiss, who has described himself as a “Zionist fundamentalist”. New York Post reported last week That CBS News “Scrambled” to Sign Dokopil CBS Evening News The contract followed Dubois’ resignation, although the outlet said negotiations could still fall through.
CBS News did not respond to a request for comment.
The recent appointment of ABC News correspondent Matt Gutman, who was also seen as a possible candidate for the weeknight broadcast, has led to additional internal speculation that Dokoupil will indeed get the evening program.
A CBS News insider told, “They’ll probably give Tony the evening and Guttman will replace Tony in the morning.” IndependentThe source said bringing in a high-profile hire from outside the network so soon after Paramount laid off a thousand employees and “preparing to lay off even more people at CBS News is disgusting,”
While DocPupil is clearly the frontrunner within the network, Norah O’Donnell – the show’s former anchor, who was replaced in January after more than five years behind the desk – is actively lobbying Weiss behind the scenes to return to her old role, according to network sources.
Also, there is speculation among insiders and staffers that O’Donnell — who recently conducted a 60 Minutes interview with Donald Trump — could move to CBS Mornings after Doukoupil moves to evenings and the network moves on from Gayle King, whose contract expires in May.
Meanwhile, it’s all happening as Alison does hostile takeover attempt – with Financial support from Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner – The media giant rebuked Paramount after Warner Bros. Discovery accepted Netflix’s $82.7 billion merger offer.
If Ellison is successful in getting Warner Bros. shareholders to accept his $108 billion public tender offer, it is possible that Cooper could still work as a CBS News anchor. Unlike Netflix, Paramount is offering to buy all of WBD’s assets – including cable properties like CNN.
Indeed, Ellison was discussing his hostile takeover attempt on Monday told cnbc If his plan succeeds, he will merge CNN and CBS News.
He said, “We want to build a scaled news service that is fundamentally in the belief business, that is in the truth business, and that speaks to 70% of Americans.”
Ellison also said he had “very good conversations” with Trump about Paramount’s plan for the proposed CBS-CNN news business, but added that he did not want to speak for Trump.