CBS owner Paramount has announced it will purchase media startup the Free Press for $150 million, with the site’s founder Bari Weiss set to become editor-in-chief of CBS News. A handsome sum for a site only founded in 2021…
Writing in the Free Press today, Weiss said of her appointment:
“As of today, I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations – shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Morning – and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch, and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century.”
Weiss is a serious operator with a sharp tongue. This may knock a few ultra-liberal noses out of joint at CBS. No bad thing…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”