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"Newsroom culture clash" at CBS News

It seems like NewsNation "fits" the prototype people give to CBS more than CBS actually does. Last night, I saw it on and they tried to act like "both sides were equally bad" but immediately said for instance John Fetterman is the "only Democrat" who cares about border security and there needs to be "more like him."
Fetterman will flip to GOP soon enough.
 
Mo Rocca did a remembrance of CBS News Radio on Sunday Morning.

My wife and I took a drive across the Smoky Mountains Saturday, and there's a spot where we lose SiriusXM, so I found a station in Franklin, NC to listen to briefly. There it was, CBS News. Figure that'll be the last time I hear it in the wild.
 
Mo Rocca did a remembrance of CBS News Radio on Sunday Morning.

Hope for the best with the remaining staff at CBS News Radio after the radio network goes away on May 22nd.
 

Here are some of the former CBS Radio News staffers joining Worldwide News at Red Apple.

Four outgoing CBS News Radio staffers are the first announced additions.

Michael Wallace joined the network in 2024 following the sign-off of 880 WCBS New York where he spent nearly 19 years. Wallace also anchored “Wall Street Journal This Morning” from 2000-05 and has held roles at multiple stations including KTRH Houston and WDBO Orlando.

Cooper Lawrence has been a features host, anchor and writer for CBS News Radio since 2022 and also held anchor roles at WOR, WCBS, WINS New York. She also co-hosted the syndicated “Cooper and Anthony” and “Cooper Lawrence Shows”, was part of the morning shows at WHTZ, WKTU, and WPLJ New York, and anchored mornings at WBLI Long Island.

Bill Rehkopf anchored at CBS News Radio from 2017-2020 and previously held anchor roles at KDKA Pittsburgh, WNEW Washington DC, and WCBS New York. Rehkopf also was Associate Editor at TheHill.com.

Matt Pieper was an anchor and writer at CBS News from 2018 until last October. He also has held anchor roles at WTWO-TV Terre Haute IN and “News 12” New York.
 
Does that also mean stations will stop airing CBS Sunday Morning as well? I listen to CBS Sunday Morning on Bloomberg Radio and it did not air today.
The CBS radio network has been closed. All shows on the network are over.

Wikipedia: "CBS News Radio, formerly known as CBS Radio News and historically known as the CBS Radio Network, is a radio network that at its peak provided news to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation. On March 20, 2026, CBS News announced that service to approximately 700 remaining affiliate stations would end on May 22, 2026, with all staff positions being eliminated."
 
It didn't air because Bloomberg dropped CBS Radio last week (early) for ABC.
that makes sence then. I noticed this past weekend Bloomberg radio aired the PGA tour coverage as well. Wonder if that means they will start airing gulf on their radio network on weekends now.
 
Back when Bari Weiss came into the newsroom, I said she would be on a short leash. Apparently that's becoming more evident. This article says the top people at Paramount recognize the error they made choosing someone with no TV experience to run TV news.


As it closes in on its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount leadership has had informal discussions about changing Bari Weiss’s mandate at CBS News (and, eventually, CNN) in ways that would give her less control over TV.

One way you know a story is true is when people start denying it.

 
Golf PBP on the RADIO! And I thought watching on TV was boring. 😂
The best one I ever heard was Domino championships on WTIL in Mayagúez, PR, back in the 60's and 70's. At the time, Dominoes could be considered a national sport on the Island.
 
Football coach Bill Bellicheck claims a 2025 CBS News interview was "deceptively edited."


This has become the new thing. Nobody forces these people to do interviews. They do them willingly.

He wanted to promote his book. TV News organizations are not in the publicity business. They are looking to break a story. If that doesn't fit the subject's agenda, they shouldn't have done the interview. But now that the president has opened the door to suing news organizations, others come along and claim the same thing.
 
Back when Bari Weiss came into the newsroom, I said she would be on a short leash. Apparently that's becoming more evident. This article says the top people at Paramount recognize the error they made choosing someone with no TV experience to run TV news.




One way you know a story is true is when people start denying it.

Thats the same thinking we had here and also the people that may have acknowledged the error were probably in no position to stop the hiring of Bari Weiss like the Presidents within Paramount like George Cheeks, Tom Cibrowski and Jennifer Mitchell but David Ellison made the final decision on who is powerful at CBS News. One would think "senior leadership team" at Paramount are the Presidents within Paramount and possibly WB with current CNN Chief Mark Thompson but apparently not given the way David Ellison and Bari Weiss are running CBS News.






A Monday Puck report said members of Paramount’s “senior leadership team” have had conversations about bringing in another executive to oversee the linear television component of CBS News — and, perhaps, CNN, should the Warner Bros. Discovery merger obtain federal approval. This would reduce Weiss’ control over programs such as “CBS Evening News,” “60 Minutes” and “CBS Mornings,” per the report, reflecting the ratings woes each of those programs has endured since Weiss came aboard last year, despite not having any experience in television. (It is unclear who such a figure could be: Weiss reports to Ellison in her current role, while CBS News president Tom Cibrowski reports to Paramount TV chair George Cheeks.)

The move would instead have Weiss focus on the news side’s digital product while overseeing the larger editorial vision across CBS News, honing in on the opinion journalist’s expertise in the digital arena through her stints on the New York Times’ opinion desk and running the Free Press, the contrarian opinion site Paramount purchased for $150 million last year.
 
Back when Bari Weiss came into the newsroom, I said she would be on a short leash. Apparently that's becoming more evident. This article says the top people at Paramount recognize the error they made choosing someone with no TV experience to run TV news.




One way you know a story is true is when people start denying it.

Don’t get your hopes up for a change in direction. They like the job she’s doing just that she has too much to do.
Still, this sounds like a(n accurate) realization that Weiss is stretched way too thin, but not a desire to change the actual content strategy of an increasingly right-leaning CBS News. Puck reports that David Ellison and the shot callers at Paramount genuinely like Weiss and her change in editorial strategy. (They presumably like the change in editorial strategy so much that they want to bring in someone who can actually make it work.) Regardless, whoever they find, should they find someone, is going to have quite a mess on their hands.
 


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