Bari Weiss’ First Weeks at CBS News: ‘60 Minutes’ Miss, Hunt for New Talent, Concerns Over Union Status at Free Press

Bari Weiss is poised to revamp one of the nation’s most venerable down-the-middle news outlets, CBS News. The question is, will she be able to make money for corporate parent Paramount Skydance after doing so?

The query is legitimate. Paramount executives believe Weiss, named editor in chief of CBS News earlier this month as part of an acquisition of her digital opinion site, The Free Press, will bring “a sense of energy and fearlessness” to the home of “60 Minutes” and “CBS Evening News,” according to a person familiar with the company. Paramount brass were particularly impressed by a…