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Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison arrives with US Senator Lindsey Graham, before US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, on February 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
April 24, 2026, 9:50 am
What a Paramount-Warner Bros. merger could mean, including for coverage of Israel
Deal would put CNN, CBS under same roof, as critics warn about industry’s consolidation; Paramount CEO David Ellison insists editorial independence ‘will absolutely be maintained’
By AP and Luke Tress
Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington on February 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
April 4, 2026, 8:17 am
Could Paramount acquisition of CNN shift coverage of Israel?
Ellison-led firm could put two leading US news companies under the same umbrella, part of an expanding media empire
By Luke Tress
A journalist records video near a CNN sign on an athletic field outside the Clements Recreation Center where the CNN/New York Times will host the Democratic presidential primary debate at Otterbein University on October 14, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
February 28, 2026, 6:52 am
CNN chief urges calm amid anxiety over Paramount’s expected purchase of parent company
Thompson tells staff not to jump to conclusions, as acquisition predicted to take 6 months to close, but in already volatile media environment, the trepidation stands to be seismic
By David Bauder
US conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point's AmericaFest conference in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, December 18, 2025. (Olivier Touron/AFP)
December 25, 2025, 9:45 am
Ben Shapiro’s desperate stand against right-wing antisemitism is receiving major pushback
Showdown at Turning Point USA convention highlights how Jews and Israel have become fault lines in conservative American politics
By Andrew Lapin
Tony Dokoupil speaks onstage during the GHOSTS panel at New York Comic Con 2024 at The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 19, 2024, in New York City. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop/AFP)
December 11, 2025, 6:52 am
CBS News journalist who defended Israel in interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates to be top anchor
Network’s new editor Bari Weiss touts Tony Dokoupil, who faced internal pushback from staff who felt he has pro-Israel bias, as ‘the person to win back lost trust in the media’
By Andrew Lapin
CBS News correspondent Debora Patta interviews US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, in a video posted to YouTube on August 7, 2025. (Screenshot via CBS Evening News)
November 5, 2025, 11:26 pm
CBS News staffer claims job cuts disproportionally hit Israel critics
Allegation in Variety comes alongside report that Paramount maintains list of people it won’t work with because of their ‘overtly antisemitic,’ ‘xenophobic’ and ‘homophobic’ views
By ToI Staff
Journalist Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club event with author Peggy Noonan (not in picture) in New York on November 19, 2024. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press/AFP)
October 6, 2025, 6:30 pm
Who is Bari Weiss, the pro-Israel, iconoclast new head of CBS News?
Media titan buys popular outlet launched by ‘standard-issue liberal’ after she quit NYT in 2020, accusing her colleagues of bullying her for being insufficiently left-wing
By Dawn Chmielewski
US journalist Bari Weiss during an interview with ex-MK Einat Wilf (not in picture), at the Jaffa Hotel Chapel on January 28, 2024. (Tel Aviv International Salon)
October 6, 2025, 4:58 pm
Bari Weiss appointed editor-in chief of CBS News, will continue to lead The Free Press
Jewish journalist’s outlet was acquired by leading US news organization for reported $150 million; move gives her control of storied programs like ’60 Minutes’ and ‘Sunday Morning’
By ToI Staff
US journalist Bari Weiss during an interview with ex-MK Einat Wilf (not in picture), at the Jaffa Hotel Chapel on January 28, 2024. (Tel Aviv International Salon)
September 5, 2025, 8:59 am
Paramount said prepping to buy Free Press for $100m, give Bari Weiss senior role at CBS
Ex-NYT editor, known for criticizing far-left, reportedly sought for news role after media giant’s $8 billion merger with Skydance; neither side confirms agreement
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld at the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum Headquarters in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2023 (Courtesy)
May 29, 2024, 6:25 am
Emotional Seinfeld says wartime trip to Israel ‘the most powerful experience of my life’
Comedian struggles to speak when asked about his solidarity visit in December, which included trip to devastated kibbutz, meetings with Oct. 7 survivors and freed hostages
By ToI Staff
Bari Weiss, left, interviews former MK Einat Wilf as part of a series hosted with the Tel Aviv International Salon, at the Jaffa Hotel Chapel, January 28, 2024. (Courtesy of the Tel Aviv International Salon)
January 30, 2024, 9:37 pm
In Jaffa, groupthink opponent Bari Weiss touts going against the grain
Visiting from US, veteran journalist and critic of anti-Israel slant in US media interviews former Labor MK Einat Wilf, who claims October 7 exposed Palestinians’ real desires
By Noam Lehmann
In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas (JIM WATSON / AFP)
December 17, 2022, 9:42 am
Musk’s suspension of journalists’ Twitter accounts causes alarm in media, at UN
Account of columnist who highlighted what she called dangerous Tesla manufacturing shortcomings is also blocked; others reinstated; rival Mastodon gains momentum
By MAE ANDERSON and Matt O'Brien
Judge Howie Mandel attends the 'America's Got Talent' pre-show red-carpet arrivals at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. (photo credit: AP/Evan Agostini/Invision)
February 20, 2021, 7:28 am
Howie Mandel, Bob Saget, other celebrities to read Purim story for charity
Bari Weiss, former NYT opinion editor known for writings about anti-Semitism, to also join event raising money for Met Council, a Jewish charity fighting poverty in NYC
By Gabe Friedman
Illustrative: Empty desks at a junior high school in California, October 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
February 6, 2021, 4:58 am
Jews as US minority: The controversy over California’s ethnic studies curriculum
Debate rages over creation of study program; Jewish groups objected to 1st draft, saying it didn’t reflect American Jewish experience, advanced some forms of anti-Semitism
By Ben Sales
Nick Cannon, left, reviewed the book about anti-Semitism that Bari Weiss, right, published in 2019. (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images, Josefin Dolsten via JTA)
August 1, 2020, 8:26 am
After Tisha B’Av fast, Nick Cannon reviews Bari Weiss’ anti-Semitism book
Says it was ‘an insightful and powerful read’; since making offensive comments, TV star has met with Jewish leaders and offered a ‘sincere apology’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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