cbs evening news Just weeks after editor-in-chief Bari Weiss named Tony Dokoupil as anchor, the company is reeling from staff turnover.
at least six cbs evening news About 20 manufacturers have taken out voluntary buyouts ahead of looming company-wide layoffs, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
According to the Washington Post, citing people familiar with the matter, a total of 11 companies have chosen acquisitions. The offer has reportedly been extended to more than 40 evening news Non-union workers.
“There’s a lot of people,” a CBS insider told the outlet.
“It looks like people are jumping ship,” another source said.
About a quarter of Tony Dokoupil’s CBS Evening News team has reportedly resigned. /Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Illustration by Getty Images
Dokupil’s show suffered a ratings slump after taking over on January 5, and the decline shows no signs of stabilizing.
The buyout offer comes after Weiss, 41, asked the newsroom to resign during an all-hands meeting if they couldn’t support her vision.
Weiss has been working on a MAGA-friendly revamp of the network since CBS’ new owner David Ellison, the son of Trump megadonor Larry Ellison, put him at the helm in October.
CBS Nightly News’ ratings collapse and Dokupil’s gaffes during his tenure as anchor highlighted Weiss’s poor start as CBS News anchor. /Mike Black/Reuters
“This is a free country, and if you think I’m not the right leader for you, or this isn’t the right place at the right time, I totally respect that,” said the former anti-woke opinion columnist, who had no professional experience in television news before taking on her new role.
Wes gets off to a rocky start cbs evening news Ratings plummeted and Dokupil’s gaffes occurred during his tenure as anchor.
His debut was filled with awkward moments as he kept tripping over the teleprompter. A series of awkward signings followed, one of which saw the 45-year-old’s former cbs morning show Co-host’s “tribute” to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, dubbed “the ultimate Floridian,” drew ridicule.
Weiss reportedly replaced John Dixon and Maurice DuBois with Dokupil after unsuccessful attempts to recruit Fox News host Bret Baier and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
During the plenary session, Weiss compared the nearly 100-year-old network to a startup she led.
“But startups are not for everyone. They are places that move quickly. They experiment. They try new things. They sometimes create noise and, yes, bad press,” she said.
Dokupil’s performance was just the tip of the iceberg of negative press for Weiss.
In December, she abruptly shelved a project, sparking a mutiny among CBS staff. 60 minutes This section delves into the Trump administration’s deportations of Venezuelan nationals to the CECOT megaprison in El Salvador.
Last week, it was revealed that her most recent hire, anti-aging influencer Peter Attia, had close ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. CBS has not fired Attia, 52, but it has shelved plans to restart the show. 60 minutes Interview him.
The Daily Beast has reached out to CBS for comment.