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White House Threatened to Sue CBS Over ‘Evening News’ Interview With Trump
CBS News got more than it bargained for when it arranged for an interview earlier this week between President Donald Trump and anchor Tony…
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‘CBS Evening News’ Viewership Slips in First Week Under Tony Dokoupil
A lot of people are talking about the revamped “CBS Evening News” under new anchor Tony Dokoupil — but not enough to make the program an…
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Bari Weiss Defends ’60 Minutes’ Decision in Staff Memo: ‘This May Seem Radical’ but ‘No Amount of Outrage’ Will ‘Derail Us’
What did CBS News management get staffers for Christmas? A memo doubling down on a controversial decision that has roiled the Paramount…
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Bari Weiss Defends Pulling ‘60 Minutes’ Report on ‘Horrific Treatment’ of Detainees Sent by Trump White House to El Salvador Prison: ‘We Simply Need to Do More’
Bari Weiss, recently installed as CBS News‘ editor in chief, told staffers at the news outlet that she pulled a “60 Minutes” report on…
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CBS News ‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on ‘Brutal’ El Salvador Prison Where Trump Administration Sent Deportees, Just Hours Before Airtime
About three hours before “60 Minutes” was set to air a program detailing “brutal and tortuous conditions” at a prison in El Salvador where…
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Bari Weiss Made a ‘Political’ Decision to Kill ‘60 Minutes’ Segment on the ‘Brutal’ El Salvador Prison Where Trump Administration Sent Deportees: Report
Bari Weiss, two months into her post as CBS News‘ editor-in-chief, was responsible for spiking a “60 Minutes” segment on the “brutal and…
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Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
During a Saturday-night town hall led by Bari Weiss, the recently named editor in chief of CBS News, most of Madison Avenue sought an…
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Trump ‘60 Minutes’ Interview Scores More Than 13 Million Viewers
President Trump’s edited interview with CBS News‘ “60 Minutes” — a year after he sued the newsmagazine over its editing practices — scored…
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CBS News Talent Chief Laurie Orlando is Latest Executive to Exit
Laurie Orlando, who has supervised talent recruitment and strategy at CBS News for nearly a decade, is leaving the Paramount Skydance…
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Donald Trump Returns to ’60 Minutes’ for First Interview After Suing CBS News
President Trump will sit down for an interview on CBS News‘ “60 Minutes,” his first since suing the network last year in a case that ended…
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Gayle King Expected to Depart as ‘CBS Mornings’ Anchor Amid CBS News Overhaul (EXCLUSIVE)
Gayle King, who has been the face of CBS News‘ morning show for more than a decade, is expected to depart as an anchor of the morning…
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Can Bari Weiss ‘Fix’ CBS News in Trump’s America?
There has been no shortage of hot takes about Bari Weiss’ appointment as CBS News’ top editorial exec — and speculation that David Ellison…
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CBS News’ Standards Chief Exits Amid Chaotic Period for News Division (EXCLUSIVE)
Claudia Milne, who has overseen standards and practices at CBS News since 2021, announced her departure from the Paramount Skydance unit…
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CBS News Staffers Won’t Be Disciplined for Not Responding to Bari Weiss Memo, Union Says (EXCLUSIVE)
Apparently, you can ignore the memo. CBS has indicated that staffers at CBS News will not be disciplined if they don’t respond to a…
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Bari Weiss Memo Sparks Confusion at CBS News: Some Producers Urge Staff to Respond After WGA Says to Wait (EXCLUSIVE)
To write or not to write? CBS News staffers were grappling with conflicting orders Monday, according to three people familiar with the…
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’60 Minutes’ Staff Wants to Get Back to Stories After Season of Tumult
As a correspondent for “60 Minutes,” Bill Whitaker isn’t known for his juggling skills. At this moment, however, the CBS News veteran has…
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News Chiefs Pledge to Have More Dignity, Humanity in Vatican Summit
Even the Pope is worried about the news business. In an era when news programming is often seen as polarizing and outspoken hosts and…
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Wendy McMahon Once Ran CBS News. Now She’s Turning to Indie Journalists
As an executive who once supervised CBS News, Wendy McMahon made frequent appearances in “Status,” the media-industry newsletter written…
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Mark Knoller, Longtime CBS News White House Correspondent, Dies at 73
Mark Knoller, the longtime CBS News radio correspondent and veteran political journalist, has died in Washington, D.C. He was 73. CBS News…
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Kim Harvey Will Take Reins of ‘CBS Evening News’ as Executive Producer
Kim Harvey will oversee “CBS Evening News” as its next executive producer, a switch that could augur new changes for the venerable program…
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‘CBS Evening News’ Executive Producer Guy Campanile to Return to ’60 Minutes’
Guy Campanile, a longtime “60 Minutes” producer who was tasked with managing a significant overhaul of the venerable “CBS Evening News,”…
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CBS News Digital’s WGA East Union Members Reach Deal on Three-Year Contract, One Week Before Skydance Is Set to Take Over
Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News Digital reached a deal with management on their first collective-bargaining agreement,…
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Tanya Simon to Lead CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’
CBS News named Tanya Simon the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” making her just the fourth executive to lead the program in its…
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Paramount Board Clears Possible Path For Settling Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
Lawyers for President Trump and Paramount, the parent of CBS News, are set to begin mediation on Wednesday over a lawsuit brought by Mr.…