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Paramount Skydance launches major layoffs across TV divisions
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Paramount Skydance has initiated a round of approximately 1,000 layoffs on October 29, 2025, targeting redundancies and roles misaligned with new priorities following its merger with Skydance. The cuts affect CBS News, CBS Entertainment, Paramount+, MTV, and other units, with another 1,000 jobs expected soon, reducing the workforce by about 10%. CEO David Ellison described the moves as necessary for long-term success in a memo to employees.
Paramount names Bari Weiss CBS News editor-in-chief
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Paramount Global has acquired The Free Press and appointed its co-founder Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. The move aims to bring balanced journalism to a wider audience amid efforts to modernize the network. Weiss, a former New York Times opinion writer, will retain leadership of her independent publication.