CBS News Cuts 6% of Workers, Ends Radio Service (1)

March 20, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

Paramount Skydance Corp.’s CBS News cut 6% of its workforce on Friday as it seeks to adapt to changes in the news industry.

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski said that the affected employees would be informed by the end of the day, according to an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg.

“New audiences are burgeoning in new places, and we are pressing forward with ambitious plans to grow and invest so that we can be there for them,” they wrote. “That means some parts of our newsroom must get smaller to make room for the things ...

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