"The acquisition puts one of the country's most traditional news institutions - the former home of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite - under the editorial guidance of a journalist who rose to fame in part by critiquing old-line media institutions that she deemed timid and untrustworthy. Ms. Weiss is also a stalwart champion of Israel, and her site frequently lambasts the perceived excesses of the so-called woke left."
"Wasn't The Free Press started precisely because the old media institutions had failed? Isn't the whole premise of this publication that we need to build anew? Why flee The New York Times only to head back into another legacy institution?"
"The Los Angeles Times' Stephen Battaglio called it "the most closely watched lab experiments in the modern media era.""
Bari Weiss has been named head of CBS News after Paramount agreed to acquire her Free Press for $150 million. She will report to Paramount chief executive David Ellison. Weiss left The New York Times in 2020 as an opinion columnist and founded Free Press, positioning herself as a critic of legacy media. The move places a traditionally venerable news institution under the editorial guidance of a journalist known for critiquing old-line outlets and for championing Israel while frequently criticizing perceived excesses of the so-called woke left. Weiss announced the transition on her "Honestly" podcast and in a written announcement.
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