CBS News has begun to seek an unspecified number of buyouts at “CBS Evening News,” according to two people familiar with the situation, seeking to cull some jobs that are not tied to the union agreement that governs the majority of the staff.
The buyouts were offered by Kim Harvey, the executive producer of “CBS Evening News,” according to one of these people, and revelation of them surfaces just 24 hours after Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, sought to rally staff to a new vision focused on getting CBS News journalism in front of younger, digital audiences. The staff reductions would come just weeks after CBS News launched a new anchor, Tony Dokoupil, on the evening-news program.
CBS News declined to make executives available for comment.
According to one of the people familiar with the situation, Dokoupil and Harvey have tried to dissuade management from making any cuts in the “Evening News” force. CBS News has already had its staff cut by larger mandates put in force by parent corporation Paramount Skydance, which has looked to cut costs after purchasing the company from its former controlling shareholders, the Redstone family.
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