On Monday morning, CBS News President Tom Cibrowski sent a memo to the network’s staffers with a major announcement: the London bureau would undergo significant restructuring. As a result, Cibrowski continued, it had “been mutually agreed” upon that bureau chief Claire Day “will leave” the company at the end of the month.
Cibrowski went on to celebrate Day's nearly 25-year run at CBS News, calling her "an advocate for courageous stories, an expert at complicated logistics, and a wonderful partner to teams across the entire news division." He noted that "her work made a difference for CBS News," thanked the veteran editor for her service, and wished her the best. Shayndi Raice, a veteran of The Wall Street Journal, is expected to take over for Day.
The news jolted CBS News staffers, rippling through the organization—particularly its international arm, which is quarterbacked out of London. But behind the scenes, tensions between the stridently pro-Israel Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss and Day had been simmering for months. In fact, Status has learned that Weiss had been…
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Pressure at POLITICO: Senior leadership at POLITICO moved swiftly Monday morning to try to tamp down employee unease over political statements made by the chief executive of its parent company, Axel Springer. In a letter delivered to incoming top editor Jonathan Greenberger and obtained by Status, staffers across multiple POLITICO bureaus wrote that they…
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