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Bari Weiss is set to become CBS News editor-in-chief as Paramount is expected to acquire her digital outlet the Free Press for $150 million.

The appointment represents new owner David Ellison’s effort to shake up the traditional network after a recent Trump-related legal settlement.

Some industry observers question whether the outsider can navigate CBS’s entrenched newsroom culture without alienating the network’s existing audience.

CBS News will learn a lot about its future next week when Bari Weiss, founder of the upstart news site the Free Press, is expected to enter the hallowed halls where Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace once roamed.

Weiss, 41, is joining CBS News in a new

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