CBS Radio Service Shuts Down After 94 Years

0:00It's March 20th, let's get into entertainment and celebrity news. CBS News is closing down its radio service after nearly a century on the air. The network, which launched back in September 1927, announced the shutdown in a memo from Editor-in-Chief Barry Weiss and President Tom Sibrasky on Friday, March 20th, it will end operations on May 22nd. This service reaches about 700 stations across the country, but leaders say they couldn't find a way to keep it going amid big shifts in how. People consume news. It's part of a fresh wave of layoffs as CBS News as the company adapts to a fast-changing industry. Staff are feeling the impact hard with this marking the second round of cuts in just six months. Weiss and Sibrasky called it a tough, but needed choice, stressing they'll handle departing colleagues with respect and care since they've been key to. Fast successes. Looking ahead, the focus is on growing in new spaces where audiences are heading. Weiss, who started as Editor-in-Chief last October, wants to reshape CBS News to thrive

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