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 in the coming months.

“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

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