Skydance Restructuring Cuts Nearly 100 CBS News Jobs

Paramount Global's CBS News has laid off nearly 100 employees as part of cost-cutting tied to Skydance's takeover and a broader round of roughly 1,000 job cuts across the company. The reductions include the departures of Saturday Morning co-hosts Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson and Executive Producer Brian Applegate, and have also seen several senior correspondents, including John Dickerson, leave. Paramount canceled streaming-only spinoffs CBS Mornings Plus and CBS Evening News Plus and will overhaul the Saturday edition of CBS Mornings to align more closely with the weekday show. CBS News is closing its Johannesburg bureau, shifting regional oversight to London. Company leaders say the moves are intended to eliminate redundancies and position Paramount for long-term growth as the owner seeks operating savings, with more reductions expected.