Here are key CBS News anchors and correspondents who got the ax today
NY Post
CBS News’ latest round of cuts under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss claimed a handful of anchors and correspondents — with more top talent to come in later weeks.
Sources told The Post that some of the network’s Friday casualties include correspondent Elaine Quijano, who was also weekend morning anchor for New York; Dallas-based correspondent Omar Villafranca; Los Angeles-based correspondent Nidia Cavazos; Las Vegas-based correspondent Andres Gutierrez; national correspondent Dave Malkoff; and Karen Hua, a national reporter in Houston.
They join Washington, DC-based reporter Nick Kurtz and political reporter Hunter Woodall, who announced that they were let go on X. The DC bureau lost above five staff total, said a source with knowledge of the matter.
CBS News also cut environmental correspondent David Schechter, the Los Angeles Times reported.
CBS News did not comment.
The network said Friday that it was laying of 6% of its workforce and completely shuttering CBS Radio, ending the storied division’s 100-year run. A source estimated that the layoffs translated into about 60 to 70 job cuts.
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