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CBS News began as a radio broadcast service in 1929, with five-minute news summaries drawn from United Press wire reports. Its first television broadcasts started in 1941 with WCBW in New York City, and the first regularly scheduled nightly television newscast featuring an anchor launched on the 3rd of May 1948.
Paul W. White was named vice president and general manager in charge of news at CBS in March 1933, making him the first head of CBS News. CBS chief William S. Paley had hired White away from United Press in December 1930 to build the network's news operation.
Paramount Global settled Donald Trump's lawsuit against CBS News for $16 million in July 2025, directing the funds to Trump's future presidential library and legal costs. Paramount's pending merger with Skydance Media, which required government regulatory approval, was widely cited as the key motivating factor in the decision to settle rather than contest the case.
Bari Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News in October 2025 following Paramount's merger with Skydance Media and pressure from the FCC, which required the appointment of an ombudsman to monitor "bias" as a condition of approving the merger. Critics interpreted the appointment as a sign of a deliberate rightward editorial shift, and Donald Trump praised it publicly.
CBS News announced in March 2026 that it would shut down its radio news service on the 22nd of May 2026, eliminating all positions tied to it. The service had operated for nearly 100 years, with the CBS World News Roundup first airing in 1938. CBS cited changes in the media landscape and financial pressures as the reasons for the closure.
CBS News 24/7 is a 24-hour streaming news channel that launched on the 4th of November 2014 under the name CBSN. It was the first U.S. 24-hour news channel to forgo cable and operate exclusively online and on smart devices. The channel is based at CBS's New York City headquarters.