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Paramount Seeks CBS News Counterpart While Merger Pending

6/9/2026

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Paramount is seeking a counterpart for CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as its Warner Bros. Discovery merger awaits approval.
Candidates are NBCUniversal chair Cesar Conde and former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim.
Mark Thompson cannot discuss the search because merger rules bar Warner Bros. Discovery contacts.
CBS News president Tom Cibrowski, who fills former CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon’s vacancy, works with Weiss, who reports to chairman and CEO David Ellison.

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Paramount is seeking a counterpart for CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as its Warner Bros. Discovery merger awaits approval.
Candidates are NBCUniversal chair Cesar Conde and former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim.
Mark Thompson cannot discuss the search because merger rules bar Warner Bros. Discovery contacts.
CBS News president Tom Cibrowski, who fills former CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon’s vacancy, works with Weiss, who reports to chairman and CEO David Ellison.