Overview
- Variety and subsequent reports say CBS is exploring moving Gayle King to a special correspondent role and reducing her reported $13–$15 million salary, with her current contract up in May.
- Weiss’s restructuring focus follows weeks of internal dissent detailed by The New Yorker and Variety, including complaints about late-stage editorial interventions and management style.
- The 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT prison, which Weiss delayed in December to seek on-camera administration comment, aired this week without an interview from administration officials.
- Mediaite reports that Weiss retains firm support from Paramount Skydance ownership despite staff unrest, with an emphasis on booking senior Trump administration figures.
- Coverage of Tony Dokoupil’s recent interview with President Trump noted a hot-mic warning from the press secretary about legal action if edited, adding to tensions around editorial independence.