She Swore Off Legacy Media. Now She's Running CBS News.
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Paramount hires controversial journalist Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief following $150 million Free Press acquisition to revitalize struggling broadcast news ratings.
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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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“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.”
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