The layoffs come after CBS Information beforehand let go of about 100 staff in October as a part of a large spherical of “restructuring” cuts following the acquisition of father or mother firm Paramount by Skydance Media.
The community has been in a free fall since Weiss was introduced on to “righten” the perceived left-leaning information division. Nevertheless, since her rent and subsequent revamp of the flagship CBS Night Information broadcast, viewership has reached new lows.
As Radar reported, rankings have dropped to underneath 4 million since Weiss took over and appointed Tony Dokoupil as the brand new anchor.
In response to knowledge from Nielsen, the general viewers for the information program for the 5 weekdays that ended March 13 stood at about 3.83 million, and solely at 468,000 amongst viewers between 25 and 54, a demographic which is coveted by advertisers.
The present’s rival, ABC’s World Information Tonight, noticed virtually 8.48 million, and did higher than CBS in the identical age demo, with 1.03 million. NBC Nightly Information additionally hit about 6.51 million total in the identical interval.