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with Long overdue Paramount layoffs Arriving in the CBS newsroom Wednesday morning, new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss told reporters and reporters affected by the brutal cuts that she was there to offer “support” to anyone who needed it.
“This is a very difficult day for many people who have given many years of their lives to this company,” he said during a morning editorial call, as reviewed by Audio. Independent,
She added, “And I’m sorry, and I want to support everyone in every way I can.” “My door is open whether I sit up here or down here.”
Meanwhile, the network outages led to the cancellation of two digital shows and the closure of CBS News’ Saturday morning offering. on top of that, Independent It has been revealed that the network’s race and culture unit has also been shut down.
One CBS News employee said, “It’s really a bloodbath,” adding that the cuts have spread throughout the newsroom.
A few weeks after Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison paid $150 million Amidst his ongoing spending to buy Weiss’s “anti-woke” digital outlet The Free Press, and building a growing media empire, Ellison announced he was laying off about 10 percent of the company’s workforce.
Nearly 1,000 Paramount employees were let go as part of Ellison’s restructuring of the media giant, sources said. Independent About 100 came from CBS News. A network spokesperson declined to comment on the layoffs and their impact on CBS News.
“In some areas, we are addressing redundancies that have emerged across the organization,” Ellison wrote in a memo sent to staff on Wednesday morning. “In others, we are eliminating roles that no longer align with our evolved priorities and a new structure designed to strengthen our focus on growth. Ultimately, these steps are necessary to position Paramount for long-term success.”
“We are extremely grateful for your hard work, professionalism and flexibility during this period of transition,” he said. “We are confident that Paramount’s best days are ahead, and we are committed to building a strong foundation for the future.”
After these heavy cuts – for the first time at Paramount politically lethal merger The company is expected to lay off at least 1,000 more employees in the coming months — with Ellison leaving Skydance in August. Following the purchase of Paramount, Ellison stated that he intended to cut $2 billion from the company’s books.
Meanwhile, Ellison — with the support of his father, Oracle founder and close Trump ally Larry Ellison — has been aggressively attempting to acquire of rival media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery. In addition to combining the two companies’ huge film studios and streaming operations, a merger—which Donald Trump has Reportedly there is already greenery – Could potentially combine CBS News with CNN.
A network source familiar with the matter emphasized that Independent Newsroom cuts were already underway before Weiss was installed as the network’s top editor and before Ellison purchased The Free Press. A few days after taking over as editor-in-chief, Weiss Urged all newsroom staff To send him a memo describing his workday hours.
As part of network-wide cost cuts, CBS News is closing its Johannesburg bureau in South Africa. This layoff also affected many employees of the London Bureau.
moreover, CBS Race and Culture Unit Completely destroyed, and the entire team has been wiped out. It comes just two weeks after the network’s standards chief Claudia Milne, submitted his resignation,
Days before the Trump administration approved the Paramount merger, Skydance Promise Brendan Carr, Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Communications Commission, said the new Paramount would dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion policies at the company.
Additionally, the network is also killing off its streaming shows CBS Morning Plus And CBS News Evenings PlusWith your entire teams. It also includes Alturo Rhimes, executive producer of the evening show.
CBS News Evenings Plus It was anchored by John Dickerson, who currently co-anchors the companion broadcast version of the show. Dickerson, who has been with CBS for 16 years, announced this week that he was leaving both the network and CBS’s flagship evening news show in December.
Although it has not been canceled yet, cbs saturday morning is losing nearly two-thirds of its staff, including co-hosts Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller as well as executive producer Brian Applegate.
will now oversee the program cbs morning Executive producer Shawna Thomas and most of the weekday morning show’s staff will also now be working cbs saturday morningIt has not been decided yet who will host the weekend event.
The layoffs come as “radical centrist” Weiss contrasts ideology I want to make a splash During his first week on the job, which includes Inspiring high-profile on-air talent to come to the networkSuch as Fox News’ Brett Baier and CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Bayer has I already noted that it is closed in his Fox News contract until 2028, while Cooper has told others he has “no interest” in anchoring CBS Evening News,
It has also been seen as a network “Chief Booker,” Is instrumental in snagging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for an exclusive interview with morning show host Tony Dokoupil. His efforts to bring in big-name guests also led to some surprising moments during the editorial call.
During a morning meeting earlier this month, As first reported by The BreakerWeiss suggested network book the Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown will discuss the recent Louvre robbery. Employees told on call Independent Other editors explained to Weiss that no robbery had occurred. the Da Vinci CodeAnd maybe that’s what she was thinking thomas crown caseThis led to further jokes that they should replace Brown with actor Pierce Brosnan.