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Bari Weiss Is Now in Charge of CBS News: A Look Inside the 'Anti-Woke' Future of Broadcast News That Has Rivals Terrified

Paramount acquires Bari Weiss's The Free Press and appoints her editor-in-chief at CBS News. Her rise could reshape ideological balance in legacy media.

International Business Times UK

Bari Weiss Has Won the War on Wokeness in Media

Paramount has acquired The Free Press for $150 million and named her editor in chief of CBS News.

Reason

CBS buys The Free Press website, installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief

Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News

The Independent UK

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Bari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightward

US media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm

The Guardian - US

New editor-in-chief Bari Weiss wants CBS News to hold ‘both American political parties to equal scrutiny’

‘Journalism that holds both American political parties to equal scrutiny,’ Bari Weiss wrote in her first email to staff as CBS News’ top editor, sharing her ‘core journalistic values.’

The Independent UK

Who is Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News?

Ex-NYT writer who launched ‘anti-woke commentary’ website will report directly to Paramount Skydance head David Ellison

The Guardian - US

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount buys Free Press startup

Commentator to lead storied US news network, five years after acrimonious exit from New York Times

The Guardian - US

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Cat Stevens shuts down interviewer over his past remarks on Salman Rushdie’s ‘effigy burning’

Stevens writes about Rushdie in his new memoir, ‘Cat On The Road To Findout’

The Independent UK

“Who Is Responsible?”: Teen Driver In Fatal Hit-And-Run May Be Tried As Adult After Public Outrage

“I got tracked and the police did what they did.”

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‘It’s not a good place right now’: CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

The Independent UK

Shutdown fight hits New Jersey governor’s race - Roll Call

The debate over the federal government shutdown has extended to the New Jersey governor's race, where Mikie Sherrill faces Jack Ciattarelli.

Roll Call

‘Polarizing’ journalist Bari Weiss to become CBS News editor-in-chief in wake of controversial Paramount merger: report

Opponents say Weiss’s ‘anti-woke’, pro-Israel stance will be like ‘dropping a grenade’ in the newsroom

The Independent UK

Trump in Talks To Appear On CBS' 60 Minutes Just Months After Securing Eye-Watering $16 Million Settlement: Report

President Donald Trump may soon return to Paramount Skydance's (NASDAQ:PSKY) CBS News, as his White House is in talks with 60 Minutes for a sit-down interview just months after his campaign won a $16 million settlement from the network's parent company.

Benzinga

Eisenhower Library head resigns after blocking Trump from gifting King Charles one of former president’s swords

Trump gifted King Charles III a replica of a sword belonging to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The Independent UK

As Trump threatens mass layoffs during government shutdown, agency begins using AI lawnmowers

Interior Department staff have been told to take their work devices home so they can monitor layoff notifications

The Independent UK

Investigation launched into how Republican New Jersey governor hopeful got Democratic opponent’s military records

Sherrill says she was not allowed to walk at her 1994 Naval Academy graduation because she refused to ‘turn in’ her classmates implicated in a cheating scandal

The Independent UK

Megyn Kelly breaks silence after rumors that she ‘screen tested’ at CBS News for role at network

‘Megyn Kelly was at CBS News the other day. You heard it here, you’re not going to hear it anyplace else,’ veteran journalist Bernard Goldberg claimed this week.

Latin Times

Mexican Cartel Stole and Sold Babies, Harvested Organs Of Pregnant Victims

A joint U.S.-Mexico operation led to the arrest of cartel leader who authorities say operated a baby trafficking ring in northern Mexico.

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A Bari Weiss-led CBS News would likely look different, but how the public feels about it might not change

For weeks, there has been a great deal of reporting about an impending shake-up in the world of television news. Paramount Global CEO David Ellison is in talks to purchase The Free Press, an online media startup launched in 2021 as a conservative alternative to traditional news organizations.

The Guardian - US

US marketing companies are helping to rebrand the genocide in Gaza

Reports say PR teams are busy rewriting history in real time – not that the American media needs the help

International Business Times UK

Comedians Shane Gillis and Zach Woods Speak Out Against Controversial Saudi Comedy Festival

The Riyadh Comedy Festival has drawn backlash for allegedly helping Saudi Arabia sanitise its rights record. Tim Dillon says he was removed over jokes about forced labour.

The Independent UK

As fall officially begins, wacky weather pounds the US - including heat warnings, snow threats and hurricanes

Temperatures may reach triple digits in inland California, while the mountains outside of Denver may see up to 8 inches of snow

International Business Times UK

AT&T Settlement Deadline: Here's How Long You Only Have To Claim - But First, Are You Eligible For The $7k Payout?

Millions hit by AT&T 2024 breaches can claim up to $7,500 (£4,887) in $177M (£115.3M) settlement—eligibility for SSN leaks, call data; file by Nov 18, 2025

International Business Times UK

Illinois Moves to Set September 10 'Charlie Kirk Day' as Critics Warn of Free Speech Backlash

Illinois lawmakers filed competing measures to create a 'Charlie Kirk Day' on 10 September, igniting a free-speech debate as supporters call it symbolic and critics warn of government overreach.

The Guardian - UK

‘Court of King Trump’: how media barons are bowing to president to protect key deals

Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show over Charlie Kirk comments is latest sign of business coming under pressure from White House

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