Overview
- Approximately 100 CBS News staffers were affected as Paramount began a companywide reduction of about 1,000 roles, with another round expected in the coming months.
- CBS canceled its streaming companions CBS Mornings Plus and CBS Evening News Plus, following John Dickerson’s announcement that he will leave the network at year’s end.
- CBS Saturday Morning will be retooled to align more closely with the weekday show, with most staff cut and co-anchors Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson and executive producer Brian Applegate exiting; the New York Post reported the program was canceled, which CBS has not confirmed.
- CBS News is closing its Johannesburg bureau and shifting regional oversight to London, continuing a broader pullback in foreign newsgathering footprints across TV news divisions.
- The Race and Culture Unit was shuttered or gutted, and multiple correspondents and contributors departed, including Debora Patta, Janet Shamlian, Nancy Chen, Nikki Battiste and Lisa Ling, according to reports.