Scoop: Paramount seeks biz counterpart for Weiss at CBS News

Paramount has held preliminary conversations with several candidates for a business-side counterpart to CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, according to two sources familiar with the network's inner workings.

Why it matters: The search implies that if Paramount Skydance's deal with Warner Bros. Discovery goes through, Weiss would oversee all news editorial across both CBS News and CNN. Her potential counterpart would manage business operations across both companies.

Zoom in: Paramount leadership is eyeing several top news executives for the role and has started reaching out to candidates, Axios has confirmed.