Ellison spoke with CBS journalists on his first day, acknowledging the stresses of the past year and touting the importance of “fact-based journalism,” a person in attendance said.

The chief executive of Skydance, David Ellison, is now in control of CBS and its parent company, Paramount, but he is not answering major questions related to the takeover and how he’s going to address liberal bias, past and present, at CBS News.