It's official -- after months of speculation, Paramount is acquiring conservative-leaning digital news publisher The
Free Press, the publication announced in an article bylined by founder and editor-in-chief Bari
Weiss, who has also been named editor-in-chief of CBS News.
"This move is a testament to many things: The Free Press team; the vision of Paramount’s new leaders; the
luck of starting an independent media company at the right moment; and the courage of my colleagues to leave behind old worlds to build a new one," Weiss reports, crediting the five-year-old
publication's email subscribers with its success.
Weiss said she will remain CEO and editor-in-chief of The Free Press, in addition to her new role at CBS News.
Terms of the
deal were not disclosed.
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