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Paramount Layoffs Reshape CBS News: Streaming Offshoots Axed, Saturday Program in Flux

The reductions were mapped out before Bari Weiss took over as editor in chief, reflecting a broader Ellison-led push to cut costs across Paramount.

Overview

  • About 100 CBS News jobs were cut as part of roughly 1,000 layoffs across Paramount, with another round of similar size expected in the coming months.
  • CBS canceled the streaming companions CBS Mornings Plus and CBS Evening News Plus, ending the cross-platform extensions of its flagship shows.
  • CBS Saturday Morning is set for a major overhaul or possible cancellation, and anchors Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson plus executive producer Brian Applegate are expected to depart, according to sources.
  • CBS News will close its Johannesburg bureau and shift oversight of the region to London as international operations are consolidated.
  • John Dickerson, who anchored CBS Evening News Plus, says he will leave the network at the end of the year.