Paramount Purchases The Free Press, Shaking Up Establishment Media

Reine Opperman

– October 8, 2025

5 min read

Paramount has acquired The Free Press for $150 million and appointed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News, in an important shakeup of establishment media culture.

Paramount Purchases The Free Press, Shaking Up Establishment Media

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