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CBS News staffers lose jobs in ‘bloodbath’ as part of sweeping cuts from Paramount

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The first vice-presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York on 1 October 2024. Photograph: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

For months, CBS News staffers have been on edge waiting for a long-expected round of layoffs as part of the $2bn in cost-cutting that had been promised after parent company Paramount’s successful merger with Skydance Media.

Those cuts began on Wednesday morning and are expected to affect fewer than 100 people. The company declined to provide a specific number.

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