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