Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press.

The companies did not disclose the deal value in Monday's announcement, although a source familiar with the matter said it was for $150 million US.

In an essay announcing the deal on Monday , Weiss, 41, said it provides "a chance to help reshape a storied media organization — to help guide CBS News into a future that honours those great values that underpin The Free Press and the best of American journalism."

Weiss resigned as an opinion writer for the New York Times in July 2020 in a 1,500-word open letter in which she described being the subject of "constant bullying" by colleagues who disagreed with her views.

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