Inside Bari Weiss’s Rise: LA, Sun Valley, and the Mogul Network

How, exactly, did Bari Weiss become the head of CBS News? We know that David Ellison, who bought Paramount last year, hired her — and bought The Free Press, the publication she started a few years earlier. But how did she get on Ellison’s radar? And why are so many media moguls, like Ellison, huge fans? New York magazine’s Charlotte Klein knows. She recently published an excellent profile of Weiss that tracks her ascent over the last few years, and I wanted to talk to her about it. It’s a story about networking, talent, and timing, and I think it tells us a lot about where we’re at right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Inside Bari Weiss’s Rise: LA, Sun Valley, and the Mogul Network is an episode from Recode Media with Peter Kafka by Vox Media Podcast Network.

This episode is 40:04 long.

This episode was published on Jan 7, 2026.

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