Paramount Skydance has agreed to acquire online publication The Free Press, founded by Bari Weiss.
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Paramount Skydance
said Monday it has agreed to acquire online publication The Free Press, naming its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, as CBS News’ editor-in-chief.
The digital upstart publication, which was launched by Weiss in 2021, will be joined with CBS News. Paramount said Monday The Free Press has 1.5 million subscribers, more than 170,000 of which are paid subscriptions.
Weiss founded The Free Press after resigning from The New York Times’ opinion desk in 2020.
The move comes as Skydance's David Ellison takes the reins at Paramount.
Bari Weiss, a founder of The Free Press, will become editor in chief of CBS News.
Paramount, CBS’ parent company, will also acquire her publication, The Free Press, for a hefty sum.
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