Summary
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has announced a new strategy to increase the network’s audience. This plan includes hiring new commentators and cutting staff not aligned with her vision, as well as shifting focus to podcasting. Bari Weiss, appointed in October, has made several changes, though some have led to decreased viewership.
Key Facts
- CBS News aims to grow its audience with a new strategy led by Bari Weiss.
- The plan involves hiring 18 new commentators and making staff cuts.
- CBS News will focus more on podcasting to expand its reach.
- Bari Weiss, who has no prior TV experience, was made Editor-in-Chief in October.
- Paramount Skydance bought Weiss’s publication, The Free Press, for $150 million.
- Some recent decisions under Weiss have led to lower viewership for CBS News.
- CBS Evening News relaunched with Tony Dokoupil, its fifth anchor team change since 2016.
