The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially approved the $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, clearing the final regulatory hurdle for a deal that had ...

Paramount closed its deal with The Free Press to acquire the digital news site for $150 million, including a deal to bring cofounder Bari Weiss on as the top editor of CBS News. The deal represents ...

It's difficult to think of a media company that had quite a year like Paramount did.From a giant merger, a controversial ...

On October 29, 2025, Paramount Global, one of America’s largest media companies, announced its largest wave of layoffs in years, cutting approximately 2,000 jobs. This move followed Paramount’s merger ...

Weiss will report directly to chairman and CEO David Ellison as he moves to put his stamp on the division When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

President Donald Trump said he expects CBS News to be “fairer” under billionaire David Ellison’s ownership and with Bari Weiss as its new editor in chief. “I don’t expect them to become like Fox [News ...

Former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss has been named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount acquires her digital news outlet The Free Press for $150 million. Weiss will lead CBS News and ...

Paramount and its subsidiary CBS — which had some of the most aggressive “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies in the media industry prior to President Trump’s return to power — are trying to ...