Bari Weiss is now CBS News editor-in-chief after Paramount acquires The Free Press
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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.”...
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