Adam H. Kerman <
ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
CBS News forever lives off the reputation it built under Edward R.
Murrow, forgetting that he fell out of favor with William S. Paley.
Murrow has been dead for six decades now, as a consequence of tobacco
use. He's not coming back.
Allegedly to appease Trump, Bari Weiss is going to have some sort of
enormous role at CBS News. At first it was hinted she might become news >president but I don't think that will happen. The new owners are trying
to buy her brand, The Free Press. It's supposedly going to cost them
$200 million.
Wait. What?
Bari Weiss is the new editor-in-chief of CBS News after Paramount buys
her website
By DAVID BAUDER
AP
Updated 12:45 PM CDT, October 6, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/cbs-bari-weiss-skydance-5539ff80e8edf11ab9508dd5419faa83
David Ellison, owner of Skydance and parent of Viacom/Paramount/CBS, has completed the purchase. It doesn't state what the final purchase price
was.
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