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(169,115 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2026, 05:07 AM 8 hrs ago

Bari Weiss Reportedly Planning 'Imminently' to Layoff Dozens of Staffers at CBS News

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 19th, 2026, 6:08 pm

CBS News chief Bari Weiss is reportedly planning the “imminent” layoff of dozens of staffers as she looks to remake the network for the digital age. Weiss first made mention of the cuts several weeks, according to Business Insider — as she told CBS News employees that a “tsunami of technological change” could lead to changes at the network.

“I can’t stand up here and tell you that in a moment of incredible transformation that that’s not going to mean transformation of our workforce,” Weiss told staffers at a late-January town hall meeting.

During the meeting, Weiss said CBS was shifting away from “commodity news” in favor of exclusive reports that can’t be found “anywhere else.” “If you can get what we’re selling in five other places, in 10 other places, in 100 other places — that’s probably not a thing we need to double down on,” Weiss said.

Weiss also indicated she wants CBS News to attain digital dominance in the field, and said she’s “looking to hire more people who can help CBS transform into a digital-focused company,” Business Insider reported.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/bari-weiss-reportedly-planning-imminently-to-layoff-dozens-of-staffers-at-cbs-news/

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Bari Weiss Reportedly Planning 'Imminently' to Layoff Dozens of Staffers at CBS News (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP

just fire everyone, including yourself lapfog_1 8 hrs ago #1

Weiss is really an idiot WSHazel 8 hrs ago #2

WILL become a wasteland? 3Hotdogs 5 hrs ago #9

CBS started going downhill in the 1990's. mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #3

With Weiss being a right wing Trump acolyte running CBS News The Wizard 6 hrs ago #4

who needs CBS/Trump News anyway, they're just going to rebroadcast Fox. dem4decades 6 hrs ago #5

Personally, I avoid anything CBS now just the same way I avoid FOX cable, CNN, and X. mysteryowl 5 hrs ago #6

What she says doesn't even make sense. How will they get stories you can't find anywhere else by using the same Iris 5 hrs ago #7

It's all written by AI now, haven't you heard? FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #11

billionaires oppose the free exchange of ideas wolfie001 5 hrs ago #8

"Heavens to Murgatroyd" BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #10

Boomer humor! wolfie001 4 hrs ago #16

... BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #18

Is this her Waterloo, or her East Wing? Swede 4 hrs ago #12

She has no plans. She's making-it-up-as-she-goes-along ... reacting to each situation, chasing butterflies in the wind. QueerDuck 4 hrs ago #13

I hope she knows she'll have no viewers. Ritabert 4 hrs ago #14

I used to watch 60 minutes and Sunday morning BonnieJW 3 hrs ago #17

Agreed. Ritabert 3 hrs ago #19

If you can't do your job, fire people to change the subject. travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #15

lapfog_1

(31,872 posts)

1. just fire everyone, including yourself

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 05:12 AM

8 hrs ago

tell the Ellison's to just have AI write and deliver your government propaganda and be done with it.

WSHazel

(751 posts)

2. Weiss is really an idiot

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 05:43 AM

8 hrs ago

CBS News will become a wasteland, and she will be fired within a year.

The thing is, the barriers to entry for a news organization are pretty low. The world doesn’t need CBS News, and I think there will be new entries in the market over the next few years that will actually be good for the news industry.

3Hotdogs

(15,324 posts)

9. WILL become a wasteland?

Reply to WSHazel (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:21 AM

5 hrs ago

mwmisses4289

(3,998 posts)

3. CBS started going downhill in the 1990's.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:53 AM

6 hrs ago

It's news has always been in last place (this was when ABC, NBC, AND CBS were still the major sources of news). Usually ABC and NBC would alternate top spot. CBS did have good programming for other shows, but their news always sucked.

The Wizard

(13,713 posts)

4. With Weiss being a right wing Trump acolyte running CBS News

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:06 AM

6 hrs ago

How are the ratings or revenue numbers doing?
It turns out that giving in to Trump's whims and chicanery results in temporary success and long term failure.

dem4decades

(14,016 posts)

5. who needs CBS/Trump News anyway, they're just going to rebroadcast Fox.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:21 AM

6 hrs ago

mysteryowl

(9,279 posts)

6. Personally, I avoid anything CBS now just the same way I avoid FOX cable, CNN, and X.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:12 AM

5 hrs ago

Since CBS is moving more and more into digital, there are more and more CBS clips available.
I have even seen liberal CBS clips posted, I still avoid those since the entire network is RW propaganda.

Iris

(16,872 posts)

7. What she says doesn't even make sense. How will they get stories you can't find anywhere else by using the same

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:12 AM

5 hrs ago

"technology" (whatever that means) as everyone else?

FakeNoose

(41,406 posts)

11. It's all written by AI now, haven't you heard?

Reply to Iris (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:48 AM

4 hrs ago

They don't need actual humans anymore, except as newsreaders. Pretty soon the on-air personalities will be computer generated too. Any wonder why their ratings have cratered?