Re: Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News under Free Press-Paramount deal

On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 22:47:36 -0000 (UTC), Leroy N. Soetor wrote:

> https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-
> weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/
> 
> LOS ANGELES, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O), opens new tab
> CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, as
> part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free
> Press.
> 
> The companies did not disclose the deal value in Monday's announcement. A
> source familiar with the matter said it was for $150 million.
> 
> In an essay announcing the deal Monday, Weiss, 41, said the deal provides
> "a chance to help reshape a storied media organization—to help guide CBS
> News into a future that honors those great values that underpin The Free
> Press and the best of American journalism."
> 
> The announcement capped months of talks between Ellison and Weiss. The
> newly minted media baron first floated the idea at July's Allen & Co
> conference in Sun Valley, a frequent staging ground for major media
> mergers, according to media reports.
> 
> Weiss resigned as an opinion writer for the New York Times in July 2020,
> in a 1,500-word open letter, opens new tab in which she described being
> the subject of "constant bullying" by colleagues who disagreed with her
> views.

This might actually be a good hire.