Paramount Layoffs Hit CBS News
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Paramount announced layoffs as the company restructures after completing its $8 billion merger with Skydance earlier this year.
CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader Bari Weiss. All of them are women - EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
A former CBS News producer accused the network of race-based layoffs in a viral TikTok, claiming only people of color were terminated while White staffers were relocated.
The newsroom downsizing comes as Paramount Skydance lays off 1,000 employees throughout the newly merged company
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year. “I am extremely grateful for all that CBS gave me— the work, the audience’s attention and the honor of being a part of the network’s history— and I am
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CBS Undergoes Major Shake-Up — Trump Responds
President Donald Trump has openly questioned the potential return of former CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell to the anchor role, following the merger of Paramount Global with Skydance Media, led by David Ellison.
Layoffs have been expected since the industry-changing merger put CEO David Ellison in charge of the newly formed Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, in August.