CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

David Folkenflik

October 06, 2025 / 2:01 am

CBS News is planning to take another step to appeal to right-of-center viewers by installing Bari Weiss as editor in chief. CBS' new corporate owner, Skydance Media, is also acquiring The Free Press, Weiss' views-and-news site.

Weiss will arrive with a mandate to redefine the CBS News brand in the eyes of the public and refine its news coverage. She is seen as a change agent for a network regularly accused by President Trump and his political allies of liberal bias.

Weiss founded The Free Press after a blistering resignation from The New York Times , where she accused colleagues of intolerance. She has no experience in broadcasting and appears unlikely to run CBS' news division on a

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