Bari Weiss has done the unthinkable — she’s parlayed a media startup into a mainstream powerhouse, stepping into a new role as editor-in-chief of CBS News as part of a $150 million deal that also includes the network combining forces with her online publication, The Free Press. Parent company Paramount Skydance made the announcement Monday.

Weiss’ name shot to fame in 2020 after she resigned from The New York Times, publishing a viral letter accusing the paper of an “illiberal environment” and saying she had been mocked by colleagues for her centrist views. But instead of giving up, she struck out on her own, launching The Free Press in 2021 as a forum for a wide range of thinkers and writers.

“I’ve always comforted myself with the notion that the best ideas win out,” she wrote.

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