What Next | Everything’s Coming Up Bari

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Bari Weiss has had a successful media career by any metric, save perhaps for broad appeal. But as she takes over as the head of CBS News, the “mass” part of mass media doesn’t matter as much, and the new order of the day—pleasing a few angry old billionaires—is absolutely her sweet spot. Guest: David Klion, columnist for The Nation and contributing editor to Jewish Currents; author of a forthcoming book on neoconservatism. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.4	There are a couple of ways to tell the story of how a 41-year-old,
1:10.2	with no experience leading a broadcast news network, came to sit astride CBS News.
1:16.7	One story goes like this.
1:19.3	Barry Weiss, CBS's newly appointed editor-in-chief, rapidly built and expanded a news website, the free press, while journalistic outlets around her burned.
1:32.3	Executives at CBS rewarded her with a $150 million payout and a new title.
1:39.7	In exchange, she offered relevance to a dying industry.
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