It is the second round of layoffs at CBS News since David Ellison took control of Paramount last summer. And it represents the end of an era, since CBS News Radio has a 99-year history delivering up-to-the-minute headlines over the airwaves. “CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927,” CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski acknowledged in a memo to staff Friday morning. The radio unit closure and the wider layoffs come at a moment of intense change for CBS News, with more in store in the coming months. Further changes at CBS News are expected in the coming months, especially as talent contracts expire.

Source: CNN March 20, 2026 15:48 UTC