CBS hires a conservative leader

 Mark Steffen:

The revamped leadership of CBS News, following the merger between Paramount and Skydance, has elevated a conservative journalist who has upset the legacy media with her own successful center-right career.

Bari Weiss, founder of The Free Press, will take the reins at CBS News in the coming days, say sources familiar with her selection. Her upstart news site, which has defied the trend of declining subscriptions across the industry, will also be acquired.

Weiss, a 41-year-old former opinion writer for the New York Times, built The Free Press out of her own volition back in early 2021, riding a growing wave of conservative and nontraditional media by offering highbrow think pieces on the state of the Biden economy and sharp insights into contemporary society.

The remarkable shuffle will see Weiss report directly to David Ellison, Skydance’s CEO, as she works to increase the visibility of CBS News, which currently ranks third behind both ABC and NBC.
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Others expect Weiss’s involvement to strain partnerships like those with the team at “60 Minutes,” who are reportedly “dug in” to resist changes far above their heads. The embattled Sunday evening show put CBS News in the crosshairs for its coverage of Kamala Harris in 2024, resulting in a seven-figure settlement in a lawsuit brought by Trump.

The left is losing its grip on much of the media as the country appears to be moving to the right.  Trump has been one who has benefited from that move.   I get most of my news from the internet these days, but I can remember watching Walter Cronkite give the evening news on CBS.

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