CBS News Chief Wendy McMahon will probably lose her job as head of the news division, insiders claimed.
The news, reported for the first time by Puck, occurs on a planned $ 8 billion merger between the parent Paramount of CBS and Skydance, supported by Larry Ellison.
Shari Redstone, the daughter of Media Mogul Sumner Redstone, is the architect of the deal and chairman of Paramount Global.
Of the 70-year-old, it is said that President Donald Trump is brought against Paramount to help the media giant in avoiding FCC problems.
The deal, who is said to see running with a healthy $ 1.75 billion, is currently closed by September.
McMahon, 50, made the current and future leadership angry by pleading for Redstone's plans to settle, said sources on Thursday – after the lieutenant McMahon had installed to serve her last August, announced that she left the network .
Adrienne Roark ', president of the editorial and news meeting, was essentially the right hand of Wendy,' a source already told DailyMail.com, indicating that the first was forced after McMahon caught her looking for a job.
The insider added how none of the women '[had] The editorial experience of leading a national news organizations and sources close to the new leadership group in Skydance told Puck how McMahon 'almost certainly' will lose its job.
CBS News Chief Executive Wendy McMahon, 50, will lose her job as head of his news division, claims insiders
The news, reported for the first time by Puck, occurs on a planned merger of $ 8 billion between the parent of CBS Paramount and Skydance. Shari Redstone (right), the daughter of the late Sumner Redstone (left), is the architect of the deal and chairman of Paramount Global
McMahon's decision to give Roark, more a 'local' journalist, supervision of the Newsroom also saw her under the microscope, a source that was familiar with the matter told DailYmail.com – while various controversies also tampered her term of office.
A controversial 60 -minute segment around Gaza that was broadcast last month produced indignation after the Hamas hunters described as 'militants' and suggested that Israel should seek peace.
The settlement with Trump to be solidified over a so -called biased 60 -minute interview with Kamala Harris has also known, just like the recent, 'confusing' revision of long -term evening news for long -term fixture.
A source told DailyMail.com that the new magazine style, which doubled the trademark of the office one anchor, is a 'failed experiment already'.
“It's critical, reviews are the last tear week after week and from this time,” the Insider said.
While he was part of McMahon's 'Vision' for the company, 60 minutes of boss Bill Owens stood behind the less headline-driven approach to the program, just a few weeks ago, after a task with a supervision of evening news last summer.
Sources told DailyMail.com that the legendary exec has since been 'overloaded' – while also 'pressure in the fight with the Trump right case'. Insiders called Owens the 'True Editorial Lead' of the network in comments to Puck.
The situation -and other scandals such as a fiery interview with Pro -Palestinian writer Ta -Nehsi Coates that were broadcast on CBS -Lochtenden in October -has 'frustrated' at Skydance, and perhaps even Redstone.
Of the 70-year-old, it is said that President Donald Trump is brought against Paramount to help the media giant in avoiding FCC problems. The deal, planned to see Redstone run away with a healthy windfall of $ 1.75 billion, has been closed by September 2025 for the time being
McMahon (right) made both the current and future leadership angry against the plans of Redstone to settle, said sources on Thursday – after the lieutenant McMahon had installed to serve under her last August, Adrienne Roark (left),, announced that she left the network
Adrienne Roark ', president of the editorial and news meeting, was essentially the right hand of Wendy,' a source told Dailymail.com, which indicates that the first was forced after McMahon caught her looking for a job. Her exit serves as a different sign on McMahon's record
“I think we made a mistake,” said the heiress who has a majority stake in the company during an event the next day in New York City.
She had referred to how Roark and others Tony Dokoupil 'Tony Dokoupil reprimanded after his interview, after the first stated that the sit-down' 'editorial standards' of CBS did not meet.
“I think we made a bad mistake this week,” said Redstone.
Sources told Puck how the senior – who intends to run away from the media company after the merger – is 'dissatisfied with everything'.
The abrupt departure of Roark, apparently commissioned by McMahon, serves as a Balck marking on the record of the latter, while the reviews continue to decrease by the week.
In the meantime, McMahon, reportedly disturbed by Redstone's willingness to arrange Trump's lawsuit, accompanied by her boss in CBS CEO George Cheeks, also co-CEO of Paramount Global.
Sources told Puck that Cheeks – historically a advocate for McMahon – has also agreed to stay with the company, but is not willing to 'fight' for his representative when it comes to shooting conversations.
McMahon, called CBS 'Chief Executive in 2023, is reportedly disrupted by Redstone's willingness to settle
She is accompanied by her boss in CBS CEO George Cheeks. Sources told Puck that Cheeks – historically an advocate for McMahon – has also agreed to stay with the company, but is not willing to 'fight' for his deputy
The woman who replaced Roark, Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews (seen here with her then potential merger
Insiders also pointed out how Cheeks McMahon asked Gaza segment before the 60 -minute segment if she thought that the only indignation would produce.
She told him she didn't do that, Sources told Puck. Almost immediately afterwards, both the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee bashed the network.
When it comes to bloom, the departure of McMahon would be the last in a series of high -profile network for the network in recent years.
The woman who replaced Roark, Ingrid Ciprián -Meanwhile, in the meantime, abandoned a movement that pulled eyebrows herself because it came in the middle of an election.
In addition, the move was a month after Skydance said that it had identified at least $ 2 billion in waste to be cut for a potential merger, so that the 30 -year -old veterinarian who started on the chopping block in the network in 1993 apparently started in the network .
She was investigated in 2021 for favoritism and discriminatory recruitment and management practices, three years after she became CBS's Executive Vice President of Strategic Professional Development.
McMahon such as CBS's Chief Executive in August 2023 with the name CBS. Dailymail.com has contacted CBS News and Paramount for comment.
In the meantime, Roarks Exit has been reported for the first time by Breaker, a newly launched newsletter aimed at the media in New York.
