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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
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)
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
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 2, 2025, 11:58 am
Paramount to pay $16m in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ interview with Harris
Case seen as a challenge to free speech; US president’s lawyers say editing of interview caused Trump ‘mental anguish’; money will go to future presidential library
By AP
Bill Owens takes part in a panel discussion at the Showtime Winter TCA Tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel, January 12, 2013, in Pasadena, California. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
April 23, 2025, 5:45 pm
Top ’60 Minutes’ executive quits over threats to editorial independence
Show in legal row with Trump over alleged deceptive editing of Kamala Harris interview; producer said appointed to oversee news division after complaint over January report on Gaza war
By David Bauder
A recently retired Mossad agent speaks on CBS News' 60 Minutes, December 22, 2024. (60 Minutes / CBS News)
December 23, 2024, 9:13 am
Ex-Mossad agents detail exploding Hezbollah pager operation that ‘broke’ Nasrallah
Speaking to CBS’s 60 Minutes, former spies reveal YouTube ads and fake showrooms set up as part of years-long ruse to convince terror group to buy rigged devices
By AP and ToI Staff
FILE - Tony Dokoupil, co-host of "CBS This Morning," looks on before throwing a ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, May 27, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
October 10, 2024, 6:32 am
Head of CBS parent firm says ‘a mistake’ to rebuke host for Ta-Nehisi Coates interview
Shari Redstone expresses support for Tony Dokoupil, while top officials at network back news chief who criticized him over pointed questioning of author of new anti-Israel book
By David Bauder
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates is seen onstage at a conference on June 7, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Carol Lee Rose/Getty Images/via JTA)
October 9, 2024, 8:40 pm
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book draws on Jim Crow-era US to weigh in on Israel-Palestine
Altercation with CBS host while promoting book sparks controversy at the network; the author rejects claims of bias, saying ‘no shortage’ of pro-Israel voices in US
By JTA, AP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of US President Joe Biden during an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," October 15, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 16, 2023, 8:18 am
Biden says Hamas must be eliminated, but urges Israel not to reoccupy Gaza
US president tells CBS News it would be a ‘big mistake’ to retake Palestinian enclave, but removing extremists is ‘necessary,’ urges keeping two-state solution alive
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CBS News in interview aired April 23, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 23, 2023, 10:08 pm
In US TV interview, Netanyahu says parts of judicial overhaul ‘not going to happen’
PM tells CBS neither court nor parliament should maintain blanket control over the other; insists Israel will remain ‘boisterous, vibrant democracy’
By Ash Obel
Bernard Kalb during an appearance at Montgomery College in 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 9, 2023, 6:25 am
Bernard Kalb, longtime newsman who waded into Mideast incitement tussle, dies at 100
Jewish correspondent for New York Times, CBS and NBC covered diplomats for decades before becoming US State Department spokesman, served on Trilateral Anti-Incitement Committee
By AP
In this photo from July 29, 2013, Les Moonves arrives at the CBS, CW and Showtime TCA party at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
December 18, 2018, 6:31 am
CBS denies former CEO Les Moonves $120 million severance
TV executive won’t get exit payment after board finds he violated company policy and wouldn’t cooperate with sexual misconduct investigations
By Alexandra Olson
In this photo from July 29, 2013, Les Moonves arrives at the CBS, CW and Showtime TCA party at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
December 5, 2018, 7:21 am
Report details new allegations of Moonves’ sexual misconduct
Document to be handed to CBS board of directors next week alleges ex-CEO had a subordinate perform oral sex in exchange for protection from termination
By AP
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