Bari Weiss announced Monday morning that The Free Press will join Paramount. Noam Galai/Getty Images

Journalist and entrepreneur Bari Weiss is taking charge at CBS News through the acquisition of her startup, The Free Press, by CBS parent company Paramount.

Weiss will be the editor-in-chief of CBS News starting Monday, she said in a letter to readers. She will remain the CEO and editor of The Free Press, which she said will “remain independent” inside Paramount.

Weiss said the acquisition “gives The Free Press a chance to help reshape a storied media organization — to help guide CBS News into a future that honors those great values that underpin The Free Press and the best of American journalism. And in doing so, to bring our mission to millions of people.”

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