November 7, 2025 - According to The New York Post, CBS’s parent company, Paramount Skydance, has axed over 1,000 jobs this past week as part of a cost-cutting initiative that started in August after the merger worth $8 billion closed.

November 4, 2025 - The CBS Building in New York City. Paramount Global has let go of nearly two dozen people at its CBS News division as part of a broader action involving layoffs across its company, according to a report.

November 3, 2025 - November 3, 2025 · - Advertisement - Paramount Skydance enacted widespread layoffs last week, affecting hundreds at CBS News. More names have emerged in recent days of those who are no longer with the organization.

November 4, 2025 - 04, 2025, 9:45 a.m. ... A slew of cuts are headed for CBS News, including its Saturday morning show. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP ... Amid sweeping layoffs for CBS News from its parent company, well-known morning show hosts at “CBS Saturday Morning” are being impacted by the cuts, per media reports.

October 30, 2025 - Thu, October 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM UTC · 9 min read · CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs under new leader Bari Weiss. All of them are women · Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article.

October 31, 2025 - "This didn't entirely surprise me," Ling said as she announced her layoff from the network · By · Liza Esquibias · Liza Esquibias · Liza Esquibias is a Writer-Reporter on the TV team at PEOPLE. She was previously an Editorial Intern and News Writer. People Editorial Guidelines · Published on October 31, 2025 02:12PM EDT · 67 Comments · Lisa Ling in May 2023. Credit : Unique Nicole/Getty · Lisa Ling is exiting her role as a contributor at CBS amid the latest wave of layoffs ·

October 30, 2025 - 30, 2025, 2:51 p.m. ... On Wednesday, CBS News parent company Paramount — newly merged with Skydance — began laying off more than 2,000 employees, including at CBS News, which recently installed Free Press founder Bari Weiss as its ...

October 30, 2025 - The Los Angeles Times’ Meg James and Samantha Masunaga reported, “People familiar with the matter but not authorized to comment said the layoffs were being felt throughout the organization, including at CBS, CBS News, cable channels including MTV and Comedy Central, television production as well as the historic Melrose Avenue film studio.”

Sources tell the New York Post that management is "hoping to get a lot of attrition" from the return-to-office mandate. CBS News staffers are reportedly "freaking out" about the policy, seeing it for what it really is - a way to shrink the company before the November layoffs hit.

October 29, 2025 - Puck’s Dylan Byers first reported that “nearly 100” CBS News staffers would be cut on Wednesday. The layoffs were planned before the appointment of Bari Weiss as the network’s editor in chief, so it is unclear what role she might play ...

August 24, 2025 - The job losses were not unexpected: Executives were more than candid about the possibility of layoffs in a post-merger environment, and reports indicated Paramount’s television networks were likely to be among those most-impacted. The merger was stalled for several months while Paramount and Skydance awaited approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concerning the transfer of CBS-held broadcast licenses between the companies.

August 22, 2025 - Great. https://nypost.com/2025/08/22/media/paramount-eyes-massive-round-of-job-cuts-in-early-november/ ... Comment! It's anonymous! ... @ae I think premiere week for CBS ends the last week of October? so if we keep to way the company has been doing things in the past, then Tuesday October 28th ...

August 22, 2025 - He has instituted a new team of top executives that includes Jeff Shell, the former CEO of NBCUniversal, who serves as the company’s president, as well as Cindy Holland, Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein who play key roles in guiding Paramount’s streaming and film operations. George Cheeks, who oversaw CBS before the deal, has remained in place.

August 19, 2025 - As we’ve seen with other media companies, sometimes one quick reorganization does not alleviate the turmoil, and there are repeated rounds of layoffs. I do hope that, for the employees sake, the situation stabilizes and they get to keep their jobs. But I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you. drew (profile) says: August 19, 2025 at 8:07 am · The process is so consistent and repeatable it could pas ISO compliance… · freakanatcha (profile) says: August 19, 2025 at 9:38 am · CBS/Paramount would be a rusted carcass of an abandoned car without the NFL.

August 17, 2025 - CBS News declined to make executives available for comment. Layoffs are indeed possible.