Paramount has announced that it is acquiring The Free Press, a provocative news site known for criticizing mainstream media and left-leaning “woke” culture, and installing the publication’s co-founder, Bari Weiss, as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.

“As of today [Oct. 6, 2025], I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations — shows like ‘60 Minutes’ and ‘Sunday Morning’ — and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century,” Weiss wrote in a Monday letter to readers.

Prior to her recent move, she was op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times before her emphatic disavowal of traditional media organizations.