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Paramount Layoffs Hit 20 CBS News Staffers
Approximately 20 CBS News staffers have been affected by company wide layoffs at Paramount Global
Herridge has been embroiled in a court case for work she did at Fox News that unveiled that a Chinese-American scientist was being scrutinized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a counterintelligence probe. Paramount has struggled in the era of streaming video against larger competitors like Netflix and Amazon, companies that don’t have the burden of having to maintain linear TV assets like CBS, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Even so, some employees questioned Paramount’s decision to unveil layoffs Tuesday, one day after congratulating staffers for the company’s Sunday-night broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII, which set new viewership records on both CBS and for accumulated viewing across multiple platforms.
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