Overview
- Page Six reported that Weiss is accompanied by roughly eight bodyguards and transported in a caravan of SUVs, with the detail costing about $10,000 per day.
- The Independent cited the Page Six report and noted the timing alongside CBS News’s recent layoffs of about 100 staffers.
- Those cuts included canceling two digital shows, scaling back the Saturday morning program, and disbanding the race and culture unit, according to The Independent.
- CBS News and Paramount did not respond to requests for comment on the security arrangement reported by the outlets.
- Weiss took over as editor-in-chief in early October after Paramount Skydance bought The Free Press for about $150 million, and reports note she had little or no prior TV news experience.