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Paramount Skydance has acquired the anti-woke digital media outlet The Free Press for $150 million and named the site’s “heterodox” founder Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News, the companies announced Monday.

The move, which was in the works for months and had been deemed “imminent” in recent days, is just the latest shake-up at the Tiffany Network following the politically fraught merger between Paramount and Skydance Media this past summer, which saw Paramount’s former ownership pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle a “meritless” lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.

“Bari is a proven champion of independent, principled journalism, and I am confident her entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision will invigorate CBS News,” Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said in a statement Monday. “We believe the majority of the country longs for news that is balanced and fact-based, and we want CBS to be their home.”

In her own statement, Weiss — who describes herself as a “radical centrist” and “classical liberal” — said that “we'll be investing heavily in this community, and so many of the things we've long dreamed a