Former NYT writer who built The Free Press is now steering the Tiffany Network.
She reports directly to CEO David Ellison, bypassing normal management structures.
CBS is buying her site for $150 million while giving her editorial control.
The woman who fights “woke” media now runs a major network newsroom.
Veteran CBS source on newsroom reaction:
“It would be like dropping a grenade”
CBS is moving from third place to defending the first amendment.
The network might finally be getting serious about balance.
🚨🇺🇸 BARI WEISS TO TAKE OVER CBS NEWS IN $150M SHAKEUP
Former NYT writer who built The Free Press is now steering the Tiffany Network.
She reports directly to CEO David Ellison, bypassing normal management structures.
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— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 3, 2025
Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.
Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.
In a remarkable reshuffle of CBS News’ decades-old management structure, Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison as she helps set the editorial direction at the Tiffany Network’s third-place news division, a source close to the situation said.