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The Journal

She Swore Off Legacy Media. Now She's Running CBS News.

October 8, 2025

18 min episode · 2 min read

Episode

18 min

Read time

2 min

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Published Dec 13, 2025

What It Covers

Paramount hires controversial journalist Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief following $150 million Free Press acquisition to revitalize struggling broadcast news ratings.

Notable Moment

Weiss dramatically quit The New York Times by posting her resignation letter online, calling the paper disconnected from most Americans' lives.

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The Free PressBy guest
by Bari Weiss
“launched successful Substack newsletter that became The Free Press with over one million subscribers, 175,000 paid subscribers, and approaching $20 million annual revenue through high-profile interviews.”