CBS News Cuts 6% of Staff, Initiates Bari Weiss-Led Overhaul

CBS News is cutting about 6% of its newsroom staff. The division employs roughly 1,100 people, so dozens will leave.

Executives described the move as a difficult reallocation of newsroom resources. Staff received memos explaining the changes.

Scope and timing

This is the second round of layoffs since David Ellison took control of Paramount last summer. An earlier reduction in October affected multiple units and preceded Bari Weiss’s arrival.

Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president and executive editor Tom Cibrowski signed the memo. They said affected employees would be notified by the end of the day.

Radio network shutdown

CBS News Radio will sign off the air on May 22. Executives pointed to shifts in station programming and weak revenue as key reasons.

Radio staff will keep the network on air until the closure while knowing their roles will end. Weiss explored options to preserve the service, but the financials made that impossible.

Leadership and strategy

Company leaders say the reductions are part of a plan to reach new audiences. They argue some teams must shrink to fund new investments.

The current round aligns with a Bari Weiss-led overhaul inside the division. Weiss reported finding outdated operations and low morale after starting last October.

What comes next

Further changes are expected as talent contracts come up for renewal. More restructuring may follow as the division adapts to market shifts.

Filmogaz.com will monitor developments and publish updates as they become available. Audiences and staff will watch how these decisions shape the newsroom.