"We have antitrust laws to put a stop to this kind of concentration. It is time we all sound the alarm bells and enforce the laws," the senator says

Paramount CEO David Ellison announced the news in a note to all staffers, which was obtained by CNN. In the note, Ellison said that Weiss “brings a passion for reaching broad audiences through rigorous, fact-based reporting and a relentless commitment to amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum.”

CBS News staffers who object to Bari Weiss are either "too progressive" or "really old," according to a well-placed network insider speaking with Fox News Digital.

“Bari is a proven champion of independent, principled journalism, and I am confident her entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision will invigorate CBS News,” said David Ellison, Paramount’s CEO. “This move is part of Paramount’s bigger vision to modernize content and the way it connects — directly and passionately — to audiences around the world.”

Paramount has named former New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss to lead CBS News, in the latest move by new owners to reshape operations of one of America's leading news organisations. Paramount is also buying The Free Press, the digital outlet Weiss ...

Puck News correspondent Dylan Byers reported on X Thursday that Paramount will announce a deal to acquire The Free Press and its founder Bari Weiss on Monday.

Weiss was among the dignitaries who was invited to a conference put on at the New York Historical Society by private equity giant RedBird Capital.

Paramount has acquired Bari Weiss’ ostensibly “anti-woke” publication the Free Press, it announced on Monday, naming the website’s founder and top editor the new editor in chief of CBS News and making apparent CEO David Ellison’s desire to shift the Tiffany Network’s news division in a more conservative direction.

OPINION: Bari Weiss's appointment as editorial chief of CBS News has touched off a wave of indignation. The venom is especially bitter on the left, which Weiss has built her career targeting.

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert mocked his network’s new boss, David Ellison, on Thursday. During his opening monologue, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" host made a sarcastic dig at Ellison, marking National Boss’s Day with a jab at the Paramount Skydance CEO.