Paramount’s cuts across the company hit CBS News on Wednesday, with the streaming editions of CBS Mornings and the CBS Evening News canceled and CBS Saturday Morning in for an overhaul, according to a source familiar with the plans.
The network also is closing its bureau in Johannesburg.
In all, the layoffs are impacting almost CBS News 100 staffers, according to sources familiar with the extent of the cuts. They are part of a round of layoffs impacting about 1,000 across Paramount following Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global. Another round of 1,000 job cuts is expected soon.
“People are very on-edge,” said one staffer, describing the mood as “depressed and unhappy” and “a very tough day at the network.”
The cuts were in the works before Bari Weiss was named editor in chief of the news division this month.
It was unclear what the fate would be of the two hosts of CBS Saturday Morning, Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson. Jeff Glor, the previous host and former anchor of CBS Evening News, was laid off in a previous round of cuts last year.
CBS Mornings Plus debuted last year as a streaming third hour of the network’s morning program, hosted by Adriana Diaz and Tony Dokoupil. CBS Evening News Plus was anchored by John Dickerson, who announced this week that he was leaving the network at the end of the year.
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