CBS News is surprisingly ending its radio operations, exiting a platform that has been central to its nearly century-long history.
CBS News Radio will stop offering its service to its 700 affiliate stations on May 22.
The company announced a difficult but necessary decision to discontinue the service. According to a memo obtained by The Times, changes in radio programming and current economic conditions made it unsustainable to continue.
CBS stopped owning its radio stations in 2017, but it still provides news updates every hour to stations that use its service. One of those broadcasts, “World News Roundup,” has been running since 1938 and famously featured the first report from veteran CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow.
CBS News employees are finding out today if they’ll keep their jobs as the news division faces closure. The announcement comes amid ongoing struggles for the division.
CBS News is cutting around 60 jobs, affecting about 6% of its 1,000 employees. According to an email from CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss obtained by The Times, those impacted will be notified today.
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The editor-in-chief held her first division-wide meeting to discuss the road ahead.
Earlier this year, Weiss mentioned the possibility of changes, explaining her aim was to grow the division’s presence online. Both Weiss and Cibrowski highlighted this same goal when they announced the cuts to employees.
The news industry is undergoing major changes, and we need to adapt to keep up, they explained. More and more people are getting their news from different sources, and we’re actively working on expanding and investing in our resources to reach these new audiences.
CBS News is seeing lower revenue from its TV shows because more people are watching content on streaming services and social media instead.
CBS News’ weekday programs, “CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil” and “CBS Mornings,” aren’t performing as well as their competitors in terms of viewership. However, the network has two popular and successful weekend shows: “60 Minutes” and “CBS Sunday Morning.”
After Paramount completes its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CBS News and CNN are expected to be owned by the same company. This likely means they’ll combine their news gathering operations, potentially leading to some news offices closing and fewer jobs.
In October, CBS News reduced its staff by around 100 people due to widespread cuts at Paramount, following its acquisition by Skydance Media.
Weiss recently started working at CBS News and wasn’t part of the previous layoffs. However, she’s reportedly taking a more active role in the cuts happening this Friday.
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