Journalist and entrepreneur Bari Weiss is taking charge at CBS News and her startup, The Free Press, is being acquired by CBS parent company Paramount.
Starting today, Weiss is the editor-in-chief of CBS News, a new position that has stirred anxieties within the storied news division.
Weiss said in a memo to staffers that she wants to help make CBS “the most trusted news organization in America and the world.”
She will continue to run The Free Press as a standalone brand within its new owner, Paramount. The company did not release details about the transaction, but the Wall Street Journal reported that