Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News

In a move that is expected to shake up the broadcast news landscape, CBS’s owner, Paramount, said on Monday that it was ...

Stories of the Century: 2000, Kurt Warner wins the Super Bowl

Our last retrospective, looking back at the first 25 years of the 21st century in Eastern Iowa, will be a bi-weekly feature on the biggest story from each year ...

Bari Weiss joins CBS with a mandate for 'balanced and fact-based' news

CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS ...

Bari Weiss is the new editor-in-chief of CBS News after Paramount buys her website

Paramount is buying the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News.
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What Paramount’s shake-up of CBS News leadership means for the media landscape

Paramount announced it is acquiring The Free Press, the independent news and commentary website founded in 2021 by Bari Weiss ...

Paramount taps Bari Weiss to run CBS News, acquires The Free Press

Paramount on Monday announced it is hiring Bari Weiss to serve as editor in chief of CBS News and is purchasing her start up media company The Free Press for a reported $150 million. The move, ...