Skydance CEO David Ellison has reportedly held talks with Bari Weiss to buy her online news site The Free Press — fueling growing speculation that he is wooing the right-of-center voice to join CBS News once his company’s long-stalled merger with Paramount is approved.
The discussions are in the early stages, a source close to the situation told The Post on Friday.
Ellison and Weiss — an opinion writer who started The Free Press in 2021 after a public falling out with the left-leaning New York Times — were both spotted attending this week’s Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. The annual “summer camp for billionaires” has historically been a deal-making hotbed.
The Free Press founder Bari Weiss, who was spotted in Sun Valley, is in sale talks with Skydance boss David Ellison. Getty Images
Allen & Co. is a shareholder in The Free Press, along with