Bari Weiss has been shopping her start-up news outlet The Free Press for as much as $250 million, according to a report.
Weiss, who quit the New York Times opinion page over its woke policies and launched the outlet in 2022, had reportedly met with Skydance Media CEO David Ellison at the high-powered Allen & Co. “summer camp for billionaires” in Sun Valley, Idaho, earlier this month.
Ellison, the son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison, was reportedly interested in buying The Free Press as Skydance continues to await regulatory approval of its $8 billion merger with CBS parent Paramount.
Bari Weiss has been shopping her start-up news outlet The Free Press for as much as $250 million, according to a report. Getty Images for The Free Press
Weiss is seeking a valuation of between $200 million and $250 million and Ellison wants to position “anti-woke” Free Press alongside CBS News,