Updated: The companywide layoffs at Paramount Global on Tuesday impacted about 20 employees at CBS News, including correspondents Catherine Herridge and Jeff Pegues, several sources said.
CBS News did not comment on the cuts, with some of the names of those let go first reported by the New York Post.
Herridge joined CBS in 2019 from Fox News, and served as senior investigative correspondent covering national security and intelligence. She has been in a First Amendment legal battle over a stories she did when she was at Fox News on a federal investigation of a Chinese American scientist. A federal judge had ordered her to reveal her source or face hefty fines.
Pegues was CBS News chief national affairs and justice correspondent, based in Washington, having joined the network in 2013.
Sources said that others who were laid off include Christina Ruffini, a correspondent covering foreign affairs and the State Department, and Pamela Falk,...
CBS News did not comment on the cuts, with some of the names of those let go first reported by the New York Post.
Herridge joined CBS in 2019 from Fox News, and served as senior investigative correspondent covering national security and intelligence. She has been in a First Amendment legal battle over a stories she did when she was at Fox News on a federal investigation of a Chinese American scientist. A federal judge had ordered her to reveal her source or face hefty fines.
Pegues was CBS News chief national affairs and justice correspondent, based in Washington, having joined the network in 2013.
Sources said that others who were laid off include Christina Ruffini, a correspondent covering foreign affairs and the State Department, and Pamela Falk,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Approximately 20 CBS News staffers were given termination notices Tuesday as a result of broader layoffs taking place across Paramount Global.
The cuts extended across CBS News operations in Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles, according to two people familiar with the matter, and included two of the news operation’s most prominent correspondents, Jeff Pegues and Catherine Herridge, these people said.
A CBS News spokesperson did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment. The Wall Street Journal previously reported on the number of layoffs, while The New York Post reported on some of the staffers who had been affected.
Pegues was named CBS News’ chief national affairs and justice correspondent in March of 2021, while Herridge has worked as an investigative correspondent at CBS News in Washington since joining the operation in 2019 after a long stint at Fox News Channel.
Herridge has been embroiled in a court case...
The cuts extended across CBS News operations in Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles, according to two people familiar with the matter, and included two of the news operation’s most prominent correspondents, Jeff Pegues and Catherine Herridge, these people said.
A CBS News spokesperson did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment. The Wall Street Journal previously reported on the number of layoffs, while The New York Post reported on some of the staffers who had been affected.
Pegues was named CBS News’ chief national affairs and justice correspondent in March of 2021, while Herridge has worked as an investigative correspondent at CBS News in Washington since joining the operation in 2019 after a long stint at Fox News Channel.
Herridge has been embroiled in a court case...
- 2/13/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The CBS Building in New York City.
Paramount Global has let go of nearly two dozen people at its CBS News division as part of a broader action involving layoffs across its company, according to a report.
On Tuesday, the New York Post’s Alexandra Steigrad said around 20 CBS News employees were among 800 workers to receive pink slips this week.
The affected journalists include award-winning correspondent Catherine Herridge, who is in the middle of a legal battle involving confidential sources she used for a story aired during her time at the Fox News Channel. Steigrad said Herridge was known to clash with CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews over some of her stories.
Jeff Pegues, a CBS News correspondent who was investigated by the network’s human resources department over certain alleged conduct involving colleagues, was also let go on Tuesday, the Post said, citing unnamed sources. Political correspondent Christina Ruffini...
Paramount Global has let go of nearly two dozen people at its CBS News division as part of a broader action involving layoffs across its company, according to a report.
On Tuesday, the New York Post’s Alexandra Steigrad said around 20 CBS News employees were among 800 workers to receive pink slips this week.
The affected journalists include award-winning correspondent Catherine Herridge, who is in the middle of a legal battle involving confidential sources she used for a story aired during her time at the Fox News Channel. Steigrad said Herridge was known to clash with CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews over some of her stories.
Jeff Pegues, a CBS News correspondent who was investigated by the network’s human resources department over certain alleged conduct involving colleagues, was also let go on Tuesday, the Post said, citing unnamed sources. Political correspondent Christina Ruffini...
- 2/13/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Broadcast and cable networks carried Joe Biden’s press conference Thursday in Brussels, where he is meeting with NATO allies, and reporters keyed in on one possibility: That Russia would use chemical weapons in the Ukraine war.
“We will respond,” Biden told reporters. “The nature of the respond will depend on the nature of the use.”
The president declined to address what kind of intelligence leads the U.S. to think that Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering the use of chemical weapons, and he also did not go into specifics as to what kind of response that the U.S. and other NATO countries would take.
“It would trigger a response in kind,” Biden said. “We would make that decision at the time.”
Biden also elaborated on his phone call last week with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The president said that he indicated to Xi that would “would be...
“We will respond,” Biden told reporters. “The nature of the respond will depend on the nature of the use.”
The president declined to address what kind of intelligence leads the U.S. to think that Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering the use of chemical weapons, and he also did not go into specifics as to what kind of response that the U.S. and other NATO countries would take.
“It would trigger a response in kind,” Biden said. “We would make that decision at the time.”
Biden also elaborated on his phone call last week with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The president said that he indicated to Xi that would “would be...
- 3/24/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS News and Stations announced an overhaul Monday that included a new studio in New York, and a new slate of programming. CBS News Miami also became the company’s 13th local streaming service, launching Monday.
The rebranding was announced by Neerah Khemlani and Wendy McMahon, presidents and co-heads of CBS News and Stations.
“We’re unlocking the power of CBS News – streaming the best of our reporting and storytelling on television to viewers everywhere,” Khemlani said in a statement. “From up-to-the-minute reporting from our new live news desk, signature interviews by Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, adventures on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ and ’60 Minutes,’ true crime on ’48 Hours’ – and reporting out of Washington to Kyiv to Beijing – we’re delivering a 24/7 experience with quality journalism from the best news brands in the business.”
The overhaul now brings together national and local live news in addition to content from CBS News’ long-standing shows,...
The rebranding was announced by Neerah Khemlani and Wendy McMahon, presidents and co-heads of CBS News and Stations.
“We’re unlocking the power of CBS News – streaming the best of our reporting and storytelling on television to viewers everywhere,” Khemlani said in a statement. “From up-to-the-minute reporting from our new live news desk, signature interviews by Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, adventures on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ and ’60 Minutes,’ true crime on ’48 Hours’ – and reporting out of Washington to Kyiv to Beijing – we’re delivering a 24/7 experience with quality journalism from the best news brands in the business.”
The overhaul now brings together national and local live news in addition to content from CBS News’ long-standing shows,...
- 1/24/2022
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
CBS News on Friday unveiled a series of changes to its lineup of assignments for correspondents in Washington, D.C.
Nancy Cordes, who has covered Capitol Hill for 12 years, moves to chief White House correspondent. Ed O’Keefe, political correspondent since 2018, will become senior White House and political correspondent. Weijia Jiang will be senior White House correspondent, and Paula Reid will continue to report out of the Washington bureau.
Almost all of the networks have changed out their White House teams with the incoming Biden administration.
CBS News’ EVP and Washington bureau chief Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews wrote in a memo: “I have taken a fresh look at the needs in D.C. and feel confident that we are putting the right team in place for success. Our priorities: to break news, provide the audience with original reporting and context and lead the way among our peers.
“The Washington bureau has served an...
Nancy Cordes, who has covered Capitol Hill for 12 years, moves to chief White House correspondent. Ed O’Keefe, political correspondent since 2018, will become senior White House and political correspondent. Weijia Jiang will be senior White House correspondent, and Paula Reid will continue to report out of the Washington bureau.
Almost all of the networks have changed out their White House teams with the incoming Biden administration.
CBS News’ EVP and Washington bureau chief Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews wrote in a memo: “I have taken a fresh look at the needs in D.C. and feel confident that we are putting the right team in place for success. Our priorities: to break news, provide the audience with original reporting and context and lead the way among our peers.
“The Washington bureau has served an...
- 1/15/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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