CBS News Cuts 6% of Workers, Ends Radio Service

CBS News signage at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

Provide news feedback or report an error

Confidential tip?

Send a tip to our reporters

Site feedback:

Take our Survey

By Hannah Miller

March 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC

Updated on

March 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC

Paramount Skydance Corp.’s CBS News cut 6% of its workforce on Friday as it seeks to adapt to changes in the news industry.

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski said that the affected employees would be informed by the end of the day, according to an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg.