The co -founder of Free Press Barry Weiss, named CBS News
Paramount acquired free Press, a four -year -old digital news platform, and will make its co -founder Barry Weiss, Editor -in -chief of CBS News, the company announced on Monday.
The official announcement came after months of speculation about the deal and the prominent role of Weiss within the news section. Weiss, 41, will submit a report to the CEO of Paramount David Elison, who was personally installed by a former New York Times journalist.
“We are pleased to welcome Barry and Free Press to Paramount and CBS News. Barry is a champion installed in independent and initial press, and I am sure to lead in the field of entrepreneurship and the vision of editing in CBS news.” “This step is part of Paramount’s biggest vision to update the content and the way it connects – directly and emotionally – for the masses around the world.”
Paramount said Weiss “will form editing policies, the basic value of the hero through platforms and leadership innovation in how the institution’s reports and news are presented.”
The Free Press and CBS News Union will be one of the most closely seen laboratory experiences in the modern media era. Weis has no experience on TV or operating a CBS News, which includes more than 1,000 employees.
Paramount pays about 150 million dollars in cash and a contestant for Free Press, which is a quarrelsome process, which took attention by cutting opinion and podcast with a strong view. Its favorite goals are the progressive left and the providers of the so -called “wake up” policies.
CBS News is a traditional television process for the collective call network with a proud heritage of journalistic excellence and the home of popular privileges “60 minutes” and “CBS Sunday Morning”. However, the department struggled to deal with the transformations in the customs of the public resulting from broadcasting the video and social media.
Weiss is a beneficiary of her prominent role in the opinion department of the New York Times in 2020, citing bullying by her colleagues and an enemy work environment as reasons.
Weiss admitted the inheritance of the department in a note sent to CBS news employees after announcing her appointment.
“I grew up, CBS was a deep family tradition,” said Weiss. “Whenever I hear the mark, tick, ticks, or trumpets, it sends me directly to our den in Pittsburg. The opportunity to build on this legacy – and its renewal in an era that needs desperate – is an extraordinary concession.”
Weiss also climbs at a time when Trump threatened news operations with lawsuits and organizational procedures, such as withdrawing the station’s TV licenses about what is believed to be unfair and management. Paramount agreed to pay $ 16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit to file a questionable claim that the “60 minutes” interview with Kamala Harris was deceptive to help her presidential campaign for 2024 against him.
CBS News had never had an executive with the editor -in -chief of the address before wees named for this role. He still has a president – Tom Sebrouvsky – a former executive director of ABC News, who was appointed earlier this year and will remain in his role and continue to be presented to the head of George George.
In her note, Weiss told her employees her goal in the coming weeks is to learn “what works and what does not work, and your thoughts about how to make CBS News is the most trusted news organization in America and the world. I will approach this in the way that any reporter will do – with an open mind, a new fireplace, and an urgent final date.”
Free Press, which includes about 170,000 paid subscribers, will continue as its own independent brand, through its own vocal works and live events.