CBS News Uses Buyouts to Reshape Evening News Ahead of New Vision

CBS News is offering an unspecified number of buyouts at CBS Evening News as part of cost-cutting after Paramount Skydance’s ownership shift. The move coincides with Tony Dokoupil anchoring the program and Bari Weiss advocating a shift toward differentiated, younger-audience journalism. Staffers fear further reductions, partly because many editorial roles aren’t covered by unions, and some fear retaliation, while CBS emphasizes trimming commodity news and pursuing niche, podcast-style storytelling.