Paramount Skydance pushed back against a report suggesting CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss could be demoted amid concerns about her lack of experience and mounting negative press coverage.
On Monday, Puck News reported that senior executives have been discussing whether Weiss should “cede day-to-day control” of the flagship program 60 Minutes, as well as CBS Mornings and the CBS Evening News, with insiders griping she is “drastically overstretched.” Should Paramount complete its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the same would apply to Weiss’s potential responsibilities regarding CNN, which is owned by Warner Bros.
