Overview
- Paramount eliminated about 1,000 jobs and signaled roughly another 1,000 to come, with approximately 100 roles cut at CBS News.
- CBS canceled the streaming programs CBS Mornings Plus and CBS Evening News Plus, as John Dickerson had already announced he would leave the network.
- CBS Saturday Morning is being overhauled with most staff let go, with anchors Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson and executive producer Brian Applegate expected to depart.
- CBS will close its Johannesburg bureau and shift oversight of the region to London, and the news division shuttered its Race and Culture unit.
- Variety reports Gayle King is expected to step down from her morning-anchor role next year, though CBS says there have been no contract discussions and calls her a valued part of the network.