I've been obsessively following every internal development at CBS News since Bari Weiss took over. (credit: Martin Schoeller)Editor-in-Chief of CBS NewsThen she built her own media company, sold it to Paramount, and became editor-in-chief of CBS News. Weiss published a detailed account of institutional dysfunction at America's most important newspaper and dared them to sue her. Weiss built her own ladder. He bought The Free Press and put Weiss in charge of CBS News.

Source: International New York Times January 06, 2026 12:03 UTC