Overview
- Roughly 100 CBS News roles were eliminated as part of a companywide first wave of about 1,000 layoffs under Paramount’s new ownership.
- CBS Mornings Plus and CBS Evening News Plus are being canceled, with John Dickerson already announcing his year‑end departure from the network.
- CBS Saturday Morning will be reworked and folded closer to the weekday format, with co‑hosts Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson and executive producer Brian Applegate expected to exit, according to multiple reports.
- CBS News will close its Johannesburg bureau and shift oversight of Sub‑Saharan Africa to London as part of the restructuring.
- The Race and Culture unit has been shuttered, and Bari Weiss addressed staff on the daily call offering support to those affected while continuing to install senior deputies.