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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-uto 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.