Messages relating to layoffs at Paramount Global are presented below the company info. ... Paramount Global, formerly known as ViacomCBS is now part of Paramount Skydance Corp. Paramount is a leading global entertainment company that produces, distributes, and streams content across film, television and digital platforms. Its portfolio includes brands such as CBS...

1 week ago - The layoffs have occurred as Donald Trump’s administration has moved aggressively to dismantle DEI programs across government and the private sector. Sherman said that after Trump’s January executive orders, “one by one, we saw companies get rid of their DEI initiatives”. CBS and NBC are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.

3 weeks ago - Employers have cut more than 1.1 million jobs through November, the most since 2020, when companies laid off 2.2 million workers as the pandemic was slamming the U.S. economy, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray ...

1 week ago - The Guardian talked to seven recently laid off journalists at CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue who spoke of people of color on their teams being let go while their white colleagues were spared, or the chipping away at coverage focused on marginalized communities. Newsrooms have long been less diverse than the US population, which makes these layoffs in particular especially pronounced.

November 8, 2025 - "CBS Saturday Morning" hosts Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson were among the many told not to return to their roles on the network. Correspondents Nikki Battiste and Janet Shamlian were also axed; both are Peabody and Emmy winners. Other departures included foreign correspondent Lisa Ling, Elisa Preston, and Nancy Chen. The layoffs came as a shock, especially as they were only the beginning, with another thousand workers set to be laid off after the first round of cuts.

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 - The 2,000 layoffs represent roughly 10% of the company’s global workforce. In a memo to employees, CEO David Ellison described the cuts as necessary to eliminate redundancies and “phase out roles that are no longer aligned with our evolving priorities.” · The Paramount cuts have affected 100 CBS News employees, including eight on-air correspondents...

November 3, 2025 - After previously sharing that Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller would exit, as well as companion streaming shows for CBS Evening News and CBS Mornings were cut, names from both the network level and from the CBS owned-and-operated stations locally ...

October 30, 2025 - 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 editor-in-chief.

October 30, 2025 - While the layoffs have been anticipated ... equity and inclusion policies once he took over the company. ... CBS News laid off around 100 staffers on Wednesday as part of steep company cuts — and every on-air personality that was ...

October 30, 2025 - The network also is closing its bureau in Johannesburg, and its Race & Culture Unit, established in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, is being eliminated. ... In all, the layoffs are impacting close to 100 CBS News staffers, according ...

October 30, 2025 - Roughly 1,000 staffers were laid off Wednesday, part of a broader effort to trim more than $2 billion in expenses

October 31, 2025 - CBS News has been under duress for months, with two different sets of corporate managers undermining the news division by settling what was seen as a flimsy lawsuit levied against “60 Minutes” and installing an ombudsman with political leanings to adjudicate potential bias claims placed against CBS News. A new editor in chief, Bari Weiss, has been installed. The founder of The Free Press, Weiss has espoused conservative leanings on many issues of the day. The layoffs were not sparked by Weiss, but had been put in place following Paramount’s sale to the Ellisons.

Messages relating to layoffs at Paramount Global are presented below the company info. ... Paramount Global, formerly known as ViacomCBS is now part of Paramount Skydance Corp. Paramount is a leading global entertainment company that produces, distributes, and streams content across film, television and digital platforms. Its portfolio includes brands such as CBS...

October 29, 2025 - Brutal layoffs are hitting CBS News after its parent company announced a plan to axe more than 2,000 staff across the organization.

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 ...

1 week ago - In 2025, more than 1.1 million Americans have been laid off, the most since the 2020 COVID pandemic (according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas). The layoffs have hit numerous industries and companies of all sizes (including our own parent company, ...