Overview

• On Friday, Weiss asked every CBS News employee to submit a memo by Tuesday detailing how they spend their working hours, what they have produced, and what is working or broken, promising confidentiality and follow-up meetings.
• Early reactions inside the newsroom are mixed, with some employees comparing the request to Elon Musk’s government email mandates and rolling their eyes at her kickoff line, “Let’s do the f---ing news,” while others welcome a clear vision.
• Weiss was appointed after Paramount Skydance agreed to acquire The Free Press for about $150 million, and she reports directly to CEO David Ellison in an unusual structure separate from CBS News president Tom Cibrowski.
• Her first week included a flurry of meetings and organizing, and, according to multiple reports, arranging a high-profile roundtable with Hillary Clinton, Antony Blinken and Mike Pompeo, expected to be led by Norah O’Donnell.
• External scrutiny intensified, with Dan Rather calling the move a “dark day,” and Fox News Digital reporting that CBS had provided no on-air coverage through Thursday of the Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones controversy.