Barry Weiss looks to poach pro-Trump CNN critic Scott Jennings to CBS News: Report

CBS News editor-in-chief Barry Weiss is reportedly eager to poach conservative commentator Scott Jennings from CNN.

The two met at Tiffany’s headquarters in New York last week. According to the Semafor news website.

The offer from the new CBS News president to Jennings comes during a period of flurry at the network.

mail John Dickerson reported MondayThe “CBS Evening News” co-anchor will leave the network at the end of the year.

Dickerson, who will continue to anchor the evening news with Maurice DuBois until his departure, is set to leave the program for the entirety of the program. CBS News is bracing for a round of painful job cuts.

Jennings, a former staffer in the George W. Bush administration and a former aide to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), has gained cult status among conservatives for his feisty pro-Trump defense on CNN, which employs him as a contributor.

Since Jennings is not a full-time employee of the network, he is free to meet with anyone, according to a source familiar with the situation.

A CNN spokesperson declined to comment. The Post requested comment from Jennings, CBS News and Vice.

Legacy media outlets have shown more interest in Jennings as his online popularity grows.

Earlier this year, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong revealed that he had reached out to the critic about… Possible role in the newspaper’s media project “LAT Next”.

last week, The newsletter reported the case That Weiss was considering the possibility of bringing Fox News anchor Bret Baier on board to lead the CBS Evening News.

Baier, host of the evening news program “Special Report with Bret Baier,” is under contract with Fox News through the end of 2028. A spokesperson for the network declined to comment.

Fox News is a subsidiary of Fox Corp., a sister company of News Corp., which owns The Post.

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has appointed Weiss to the top editorial position at CBS News with a mandate Make the network more “balanced” and “fact-based.”

The 41-year-old executive, who sold her Free Press newsletter to Paramount for $150 million, is eager to put her stamp on the news division in the face of skepticism from rank-and-file employees.

Norah O’Donnell, who left CBS Evening News earlier this year, met with Weiss and was discussed as a potential candidate to get her old job back. The Washington Post reported earlier this month.

Meanwhile, Gayle King’s future is uncertain as her multi-million dollar contract expires next spring amid company-wide cost cutting.

If O’Donnell moves to “CBS Mornings,” King could leave, with co-host Tony Dokoupil likely being promoted to “Evening News.”