Overview
- CBS confirmed that Claudia Milne told staff she resigned on Thursday, ending her tenure leading standards and practices since 2021.
- Her departure is the first senior leadership exit since Bari Weiss was named editor in chief following Paramount Skydance’s purchase of The Free Press.
- Former CBS News president Susan Zirinsky and veteran standards executive Al Ortiz are overseeing standards on an interim basis.
- Paramount Skydance recently installed Kenneth R. Weinstein as an FCC‑required ombudsman to review CBS News reporting and adjudicate bias complaints.
- Weiss’s early directives and the ombudsman appointment have prompted internal caution, with the WGA East advising staff on a work‑hours memo as Face the Nation moves to live‑only interviews and companywide cost cuts are expected.