Paramount weighs making Bari Weiss co-president of CBS News, NY Times reports

The Free Press founder Bari Weiss is closing in on a leadership role at Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) CBS News, the New York Times’ Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin report. The media giant is considering giving Weiss the position of editor in chief or co-president of the news organization as part of a broader deal to acquire The Free Press, the authors say, citing two people with knowledge of the deal. The sources cautioned to the Times that the terms of the agreement were not final.