Bari Weiss
Julia Ioffe
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June 18, 2026
Trump’s Surrender at Versailles
Hawkish Republicans are apoplectic over the president’s hastily signed deal with Iran—an agreement that falls far short of his original demand for “unconditional surrender.” Meanwhile, Trump’s capitulation leaves J.D. Vance holding the bag.
The Big Cibrowski
David Ellison’s search for the right executive to help Bari Weiss run her two-headed CNN–CBS News monster might require a unicorn—someone with solid television news experience, a pliable journalistic backbone, and the willingness to play the loyal number two. In other words, he needs a supersized Tom Cibrowski.
Dylan Byers
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June 10, 2026
The Bari Matchmaking Sweepstakes
By all accounts, Bari Weiss could use some help running CBS News. But hiring the right executive with the right skills will be tricky, especially when the usual suspects are probably too cautious, myopic, or smart to join the gang.
Kim Masters
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June 8, 2026
Bari’s War of Ideology & How Scorsese Embraced A.I.
News and notes from around town: It’s been a disastrous stretch for CBS News, so what’s still making Bari Weiss tick? Plus, the backstory on how Michael Ovitz procured Martin Scorsese’s endorsement for an A.I. startup that riles up the creative community.
Dylan Byers
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June 5, 2026
Lesley Stahl & The ‘60 Minutes’ Guys Are Staying
In a brief manifesto, Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim acknowledged deep frustrations with the new leadership of the show, but worried that leaving now would make things even worse. An earlier draft of the memo was even more critical.
Matthew Belloni
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June 5, 2026
At What Point Will Ellison Intervene at CBS News?
With ‘60 Minutes’ in chaos and star correspondent Lesley Stahl hiring superagent Bryan Lourd to guide her future, the Paramount owner may soon need to decide how much he’ll let Bari Weiss disrupt the show—and the news division—before reining her in.
Dylan Byers
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June 3, 2026
The ‘60 Minutes’ Adult Daycare Era
Bari Weiss’s takeover of CBS News, just eight months ago, has somehow already produced a decade’s worth of mess, reaching embarrassing new lows with Scott Pelley’s self-mythologizing tantrum and subsequent firing. How long before David Ellison sends in a pro to clean up after her?
Dylan Byers
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May 29, 2026
Big Nick Energy
In tapping tech columnist/aspiring screenwriter Nick Bilton to run ‘60 Minutes,’ CBS’s Bari Weiss is once again playing the outsider card. But what exactly qualifies him to remake America’s top-rated news show? Just ask him.
Dylan Byers
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May 18, 2026
Bari My Heart at 57th Street
As it closes in on its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount leadership has had informal discussions about changing Bari Weiss’s mandate at CBS News (and, eventually, CNN) in ways that would give her less control over TV.