CBS News Offers Buyouts to Some ‘Evening News’ Staff After Bari Weiss Lays Out Network Vision
CBS News is offering buyouts to non-unionized staffers at its “Evening News” program, three sources familiar with the matter told TheWrap, nearly a month after anchor Tony Dokoupil began his rocky start to his tenure as host and a day after the organization’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss, laid out her vision for the network’s future.
The voluntary buyouts followed an NPR report on Tuesday that said Weiss planned to implement staff cuts within CBS News in the coming weeks. CBS News had no comment.
It was unclear how many staffers were offered the packages, the terms of the buyout offer or how long staffers had to accept the buyouts. The fact that there are buyouts at all, however, reflects the desire of Weiss, Dokoupil and executive producer Kim Harvey to remake the program to fit the network’s new mission.
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