Linker reports Paramount is nearing a $100–$200 million acquisition of Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and plans to give Weiss a senior CBS News role. Folding a dissident, Substack‑born outlet into a network newsroom marks a strategic bet that heterodox voices can restore reach and trust. It also implies a rightward or at least anti‑woke tilt in editorial leadership at a legacy brand.
— Mainstreaming heterodox media would reshape who sets narratives and could accelerate a broader ideological realignment in legacy newsrooms.
2025.10.09
95% relevant
The panel centers on Paramount’s acquisition of The Free Press and Bari Weiss’s appointment as editor‑in‑chief of CBS News, explicitly analyzing how a heterodox Substack brand and its leader are being integrated into a legacy newsroom and what that portends for media norms.
BeauHD
2025.10.07
95% relevant
The article confirms Paramount’s acquisition of Bari Weiss’s The Free Press (~$150M) and her appointment to run CBS News, matching the reported plan that a legacy network would fold a dissenting Substack outlet into its newsroom leadership.
Jesse Singal
2025.10.06
92% relevant
The article asserts Paramount bought The Free Press for roughly $150 million and made Weiss editor‑in‑chief at CBS News, exactly the scenario of a legacy brand absorbing a heterodox Substack and elevating its founder inside a network newsroom.
Tyler Cowen
2025.10.06
86% relevant
The post states 'The Free Press is joining Paramount,' directly aligning with the reported Paramount acquisition/partnership of Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and the mainstreaming of heterodox media inside a network newsroom.
Francis Fukuyama
2025.09.14
70% relevant
The piece flags Larry Ellison’s broader media roll‑up that reportedly includes Bari Weiss’s The Free Press, echoing the idea that legacy media are absorbing high‑profile heterodox outlets as part of larger consolidation plays.
Arnold Kling
2025.09.10
60% relevant
The post flags the rumored sale of Bari Weiss’s The Free Press to CBS and points readers to Matt Taibbi’s analysis, directly touching the consolidation of heterodox media into legacy newsrooms.
Isabella Redjai, Kerry Soropoulos, Charles Fain Lehman, Renu Mukherjee
2025.09.09
85% relevant
The hosts explicitly discuss 'CBS’s interest in buying The Free Press,' directly aligning with reports that Paramount/CBS may acquire Bari Weiss’s outlet and integrate her into CBS News—an institutional realignment of heterodox media into a legacy brand.
Damon Linker
2025.09.05
100% relevant
The reported Paramount acquisition of The Free Press and Weiss’s prospective CBS News editorial role.