Paramount acquires The free pressAn independent media publication began on substantial. As part of the agreement, Paramount installs The free pressThe founder of Bari Weiss, as editor -in -chief of CBS News, according to an announcement on Monday.
Before you start The free pressWeiss worked as a publisher of revision and revision of book to The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017 and later became editor -in -chief and writer at The New York Times To extend the stable of the publication of conservative chroniclers during Trump’s first term. She resigned from Nyt In 2020, quoting an “illiberal environment”.
Weiss launched a replacement newsletter in 2021, called Common Sense, which later evolved into The free pressStunning like a media society “built on ideals which were once the foundation of great American journalism”. As indicated in the press release, The free press Increased its income by 82% in the past year, while subscribers have increased by 86% to 1.5 million, of which 170,000 include paid subscriptions.
The appointment of Weiss as chief of CBS News intervened after the Trump administration extracted a legal regulation of $ 16 million based on an interview that CBS was broadcast with 2024 Democratic candidate for the presidential Kamala Harris, then approved a merger between the parameter camoufurs and paramount on the condition that CBS expressed a greater point of view, policy “. satisfy.
