CBS News / The Free Press

Date

Oct 6, 2025

Sector

Media

Response

Anticipatory

Amount

$150M acquisition

Source

nbcnews.com ↗

Pressure applied

No government demand documented for this transaction; it followed the '60 Minutes' settlement and merger review

What was demanded

None documented

What happened

Paramount Skydance bought The Free Press for about $150M and made Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News

Where it stands

Completed. Read by many as post-merger accommodation, but not a compelled concession.

Period

Second term

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