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 said to Robert Peston this afternoon:
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”