CBS News Trims the Evening News with Buyouts Amid Strategic Overhaul
CBS News has begun offering buyouts to an unspecified number of staff on CBS Evening News as part of a cost-cutting push led by executive producer Kim Harvey, a move that follows Bari Weiss’s push to reshape CBS News for younger, digital audiences. The changes come weeks after the network debuted Tony Dokoupil as the evening anchor; editors fear job losses and a shift away from routine journalism, with many staffers not covered by union contracts.