CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader Bari Weiss. All of them are women - EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

Paramount announced layoffs as the company restructures after completing its $8 billion merger with Skydance earlier this year.

Paramount has launched a new round of layoffs affecting staff across CBS Entertainment, MTV, BET, and other divisions, The Wrap reports.

Paramount Skydance is laying off about 10% of its workforce, achieving some of the cost savings that CEO David Ellison promised investors when he took charge of the media company over the summer.

A former CBS News producer accused the network of race-based layoffs in a viral TikTok, claiming only people of color were terminated while White staffers were relocated.

The newsroom downsizing comes as Paramount Skydance lays off 1,000 employees throughout the newly merged company

John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year. “I am extremely grateful for all that CBS gave me— the work, the audience’s attention and the honor of being a part of the network’s history— and I am

President Donald Trump has openly questioned the potential return of former CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell to the anchor role, following the merger of Paramount Global with Skydance Media, led by David Ellison.