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CBS News Closes Radio Service, Announces Layoffs Amid Staff Cuts
BusinessThe GuardianNPRdigi24+1The Independent19d ago4 sources

CBS News Closes Radio Service, Announces Layoffs Amid Staff Cuts

CBS News is shutting down its nearly century-old radio news service and implementing a new round of layoffs, with employees informed through internal memos about the sudden cuts and closure set for May 22, impacting over 700 affiliated stations.

CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane leaves network: ‘I look forward to some independence’
PoliticsThe Guardian1mo ago

CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane leaves network: ‘I look forward to some independence’

Justice correspondent most known for his January 6 Capitol riot coverage, is latest to quit Bari Weiss-led network Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Scott MacFarlane, the CBS News justice correspondent most known for his extensive coverage of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, surprised colleagues on Monday morning by announcing his departure from the network, which he joined in late 2021. MacFarlane is only the latest departure from the Bari Wei...

Gayle King Staying With 'CBS Mornings' After Signing New Deal
CultureThe Guardiantmz1mo ago2 sources

Gayle King Staying With 'CBS Mornings' After Signing New Deal

Gayle King isn't going anywhere ... she signed a new deal with CBS and will remain with "CBS Mornings" going forward. The host inked a contract with CBS News, according to the Wall Street Journal, and now Variety reports Gayle will remain on "CBS…

Anderson Cooper to leave 60 Minutes amid turmoil at CBS News
CultureAPReutersFT+2The GuardianBusiness Insider1mo ago5 sources

Anderson Cooper to leave 60 Minutes amid turmoil at CBS News

Cooper is leaving the fabled news show after nearly 20 years amid a shake-up under new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss Anderson Cooper will leave the CBS News program 60 Minutes after nearly two decades, he said on Monday, in the latest staffing shake-up to hit the storied news magazine amid broader newsroom changes under the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. “Being a correspondent at 60 Minutes has been one of the great honors of my career. I got to tell amazing stories, and work with some of the best producers, editors and camera crews in the business,” Cooper said in a statement. “For nearly twenty years, I’ve been able to balance my jobs at CNN and CBS, but I have little kids now and I want to spend as much time with them as possible, while they still want to spend time with me.” Continue reading...

CIA Accused of Massive Cover-Up Regarding 'Havana Syndrome'
Politicsdigi241mo ago

CIA Accused of Massive Cover-Up Regarding 'Havana Syndrome'

A '60 Minutes' investigation by CBS News revealed that American agents secretly acquired a portable microwave weapon from a Russian criminal network in 2024 and tested it in a military laboratory, causing injuries to animals, suggesting a massive CIA cover-up regarding 'Havana Syndrome'.

Gayle King to Stay With ‘CBS Mornings’
Culturevarietydeadline1mo ago2 sources

Gayle King to Stay With ‘CBS Mornings’

Gayle King will stay with “CBS Mornings” for the foreseeable future as part of a new deal she has signed with CBS News, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Departing CBS News producer claims political bias as Paramount poised to buy Warner Bros
PoliticsThe Guardian1mo ago

Departing CBS News producer claims political bias as Paramount poised to buy Warner Bros

Mary Walsh, leaving after 46 years, says staffers told to ‘aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum’ A veteran CBS News producer who is leaving the network after 46 years has suggested that political bias is at play at the network in a farewell memo sent to colleagues on Friday afternoon. “We’ve been reading a lot of goodbyes lately and here I am headed out the door. It’s too soon, even after 46 years,” Mary Walsh wrote in the memo, which was obtained by the Guardian. ...

"Anathema In The University Mission": Bari Weiss Canceled At UCLA
Culturezerohedge1mo ago

"Anathema In The University Mission": Bari Weiss Canceled At UCLA

"Anathema In The University Mission": Bari Weiss Canceled At UCLA Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was supposed to give the UCLA Burkle Center’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial guest lecture on “The Future of Journalism.” It was a wonderful opportunity for students to hear from one of the impactful voices in the media. However, they will not be able to do so after a successful cancel campaign supported by faculty members. The College Fi...

Florida teen charged with homicide in death of his stepsister on cruise ship
CultureThe Guardian1mo ago

Florida teen charged with homicide in death of his stepsister on cruise ship

Stepbrother, 16, was charged in the death of Anna Kepner, a high schooler found dead on a Carnival cruise in November A 16-year-old from Florida has reportedly been charged with homicide as a minor in the death of his stepsister, Anna Kepner, in November on a Carnival cruise ship. News of the charges against the teen boy surfaced in court documents first reported on Monday by the Florida news outlet Wesh 2 News. CBS News also reported having seen the documents. Continue reading...

Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’
Culturevariety1mo ago

Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’

Anderson Cooper is poised to exit CBS News’ “60 Minutes” after nearly 20 years of contributing to the program, according to a person familiar with his thinking, the latest blow to the revered Sunday-night newsmagazine after it has been undermined repeatedly by management at Paramount Skydance and its predecessor company. CBS News was unable to […]

CBS News workers hold 24-hour walkout for new contract
BusinessThe Guardian22d ago

CBS News workers hold 24-hour walkout for new contract

The Writers Guild of America East said management has failed to offer fair wages and basic job protections Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Workers at CBS News walked out for 24 hours on Tuesday after a new contract agreement was not reached following the expiration of the contract last week. Some 60 workers at streaming service CBS News 24/7 are represented by the Writers Guild of America East. The union is holding rallies and walkouts at the CB...

CBS News: Η Ρωσία ανταλλάσσει πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις θέσεις των ΗΠΑ στο Ιράν
Worldnaftemporiki1mo ago

CBS News: Η Ρωσία ανταλλάσσει πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις θέσεις των ΗΠΑ στο Ιράν

Πηγές δήλωσαν το CBS News ότι η Ρωσία παρέχει πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις θέσεις των ΗΠΑ στο Ιράν. CBS News: Η Ρωσία ανταλλάσσει πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις θέσεις των ΗΠΑ στο Ιράν - Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ

Epstein Funded UCSD Study Of 'Telepathic Autistic Savant' Through Deepak Chopra Connection
Sciencezerohedge1mo ago

Epstein Funded UCSD Study Of 'Telepathic Autistic Savant' Through Deepak Chopra Connection

Epstein Funded UCSD Study Of 'Telepathic Autistic Savant' Through Deepak Chopra Connection Jeffrey Epstein was connected with several notable scientists - funding leading research centers, including Harvard, where he donated $9 million, and MIT's Media Lab, which he gave at least $7.5 million (and funneled another $1.2 million to investments under the control of the lab's former director, Joi Ito). He was connected to Stephen Hawking, Marvin Minsky, Steven Pinker and a host of other names.  Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran and Jeffrey Epstein Now we learn that Epstein provided funding to a lab at UC San Diego after lifestyle guru Deepak Chopra introduced the financier to lab director Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran - a neuroscientist who was studying an "autistic savant who displays telepathy," according to the latest DOJ Epstein file dump.  Chopra, a former UCSD family medicine and public health clinical professor, said in late October that he was just helping Epstein with insomnia by teaching him to meditate. "At my suggestion, he also visited Dr. V.S. Ramachandran's lab at [the University of California San Diego] to learn about ongoing brain research," he told CBS News in December.  EFTA01013830.pdf Ramachandran was conducting a study on an "autistic savant who displays telepathy," according to UCSD's The Guardian, citing a Sept. 25, 2017 email with the subject "Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy," in which he tells Chopra, "i don't have a problem with my lab being funded by epstein ... so long as theres no UC connection."  Ramanchandran further wrote that if Chopra’s “pal [Epstein] is serious about setting in motion a lab for the study of extraordinary brain potential … something like 500,000 to 3 million would get the administrators excited.” A subsequent email from Epstein to his accountant, Richard Kahn, instructed Kahn to send $25,000 from Epstein’s private foundation, Gratitude America Ltd., to the University of California Board of Regents to fund Ramachandran’s research on savant syndrome. He asked it to be mailed to former psychology department director and current chief administrative officer, Peter Hinkley.  Chopra later emailed Epstein on October 5, 2017 to provide an update on spending the day with Ramachandran to discuss the "pilot study of autistic savants." Ceepak Chopra The 2017 emails weren't the first Epstein-Ramachandran mention. On April 17, 2009, Epstein emailed someone whose name was redacted, replying to a list of "smart" and "out of the box" people to have over to his Florida home sometime in the future. Epstein included Ramachandran in this list, along with others who he described as "good friends of mine for years."  While there's nothing we could find on the telepathic kid (maybe they sensed danger), Ramachandran did write an article in December 2006 where he says telepathy is "legitimately ignored, except by crackpots" because it's difficult to replicate. He's also mentioned a few times in this piece on life after death, ESP, and other phenomenon. Tyler Durden Thu, 02/19/2026 - 11:05

Peter Attia Exits CBS News Contributor Gig After Epstein Files Disclosure
CulturewapoBusiness Insiderdeadline1mo ago3 sources

Peter Attia Exits CBS News Contributor Gig After Epstein Files Disclosure

Peter Attia no longer will be a CBS News contributor following disclosures of his communications with Jeffrey Epstein. Attia had been among the slate of new contributors announced by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss last month, as part of a new strategy for the news division. A network source said that he is […]

What leading voices in media are saying about Anderson Cooper's '60 Minutes' exit
CultureBusiness Insider1mo ago

What leading voices in media are saying about Anderson Cooper's '60 Minutes' exit

Anderson Cooper said he's leaving CBS News to spend more time with his family. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images Anderson Cooper said Monday he was exiting CBS News' "60 Minutes" after nearly 20 years. It comes at a turbulent time for CBS News under its new editor in chief, Bari Weiss. Some media commentators said Cooper's exit will add to the uncertainty surrounding '60 Minutes.' Veteran broadcaster Anderson Cooper said Monday that he is leaving his role as a correspondent on CBS News' "60 Minutes" after nearly 20 years. In a statement, Cooper said he intended to spend more time focusing on his CNN gig, and his family. His exit comes at an already turbulent time for CBS News under its new editor in chief, Bari Weiss. Here are what some of the leading voices in media are saying about Cooper's "60 Minutes" departure. Keith Olbermann Chris Sorensen for The Washington Post via Getty Images Sports broadcaster Keith Olbermann shared the news about Cooper's departure on his Bluesky account, posting: "Anderson Cooper has left the sinking ship that is Idiot Bari Weiss's New Stormfront CBS." Olbermann later added, "Now, people will only be able to NOT watch AC on cnn." Cooper has worked at CNN since 2001, where he is a political commentator and hosts the "Anderson Cooper 360" show. Brian Lowry FilmMagic/FilmMagic for HBO Brian Lowry, a longtime media columnist and current Hollywood correspondent at Status News, a media newsletter, wrote on X: "Have worked around Hollywood long enough to know nobody ever really leaves a job to spend more time with their family." Tom Jones Tom Jones, senior media writer at The Poynter Report, wrote in his newsletter that Cooper's departure marked "the end of a journalism era." Jones said that Cooper's exit "certainly adds more uncertainty in a news division that is very much in flux under relatively new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss." He added: "It also raises questions about '60 Minutes,' the previous gold standard of TV news shows." Lydia Polgreen Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Audible Lydia Polgreen, a New York Times opinion writer and the former editor in chief of HuffPost, posted to X on Tuesday: "I don't watch much TV news, but @andersoncooper is in a league of his own as a television journalist. A huge loss for 60 Minutes." Brian Stelter Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for CNN/WBD CNN's chief media analyst, Brian Stelter, wrote in his "Reliable Sources" newsletter Tuesday that there are open questions about which other correspondents might leave, "and on what terms." "The risk is obvious: Loyal '60 Minutes' viewers will leave along with the correspondents they like to watch," Stelter said. Read the original article on Business Insider