CBS News

CBS News
Division ofCBS
FoundedSeptember 18, 1927; 97 years ago (1927-09-18)
HeadquartersCBS Broadcast Center
530 West 57th Street
New York City, New York 10019
U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Television broadcast programs
ParentCBS News and Stations
Official websitecbsnews.com
Streaming news networkcbsnews.com/live

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. CBS News television programs include the CBS Evening News, CBS Mornings, news magazine programs CBS News Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, and 48 Hours, and Sunday morning political affairs program Face the Nation. CBS News Radio produces hourly newscasts for hundreds of radio stations, and also oversees CBS News podcasts like The Takeout Podcast. CBS News also operates CBS News 24/7, a 24-hour digital news network.

Up until April 2021,[1] the president and senior executive producer of CBS News was Susan Zirinsky, who assumed the role on March 1, 2019.[2] Zirinsky, the first female president of the network's news division,[3][4] was announced as the choice to replace David Rhodes on January 6, 2019.[5][6] The announcement came amid news that Rhodes would step down as president of CBS News "amid falling ratings and the fallout from revelations from an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations" against CBS News figures and Rhodes.[7]

On April 15, 2021, CBS Television Stations and CBS News announced that their respective divisions would merge into one entity,[8] to be named CBS News and Stations.[9] It was also announced that Neeraj Khemlani (former Executive Vice President of Hearst Newspapers) and Wendy McMahon (former President of the ABC Owned Television Stations Group) were named presidents and co-heads. This transition was completed on May 3, 2021. On August 14, 2023, after Khemlani announced he was stepping down, CBS News named McMahon as its sole President and CEO.[10] The next day on August 15, CBS News appointed Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, who supervised the Washington, D.C. bureau as its president.[11] She stepped down in July 2024.[12]

  1. ^ Alexandra Steigrad (April 13, 2021). "CBS News president Susan Zirinsky reportedly stepping down". New York Post. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "CBS News Bios". CBS News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Snider, Mike (January 7, 2019). "Susan Zirinsky named first woman to lead CBS News as David Rhodes departs". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Farzan, Antonia Noori (January 7, 2019). "After being rocked by sexual misconduct allegations, CBS News names its first female president". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Flint, Joe (January 6, 2019). "CBS News Names Susan Zirinsky as Its First Female President". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  6. ^ DeMarche, Edmund (January 7, 2019). "CBS names Susan Zirinsky to lead news division, will replace David Rhodes: reports". Fox News. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Johnson, Alex (January 6, 2019). "David Rhodes leaving as head of scandal-scarred CBS News". NBC News. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  8. ^ Johnson, Ted (April 15, 2021). "CBS Combines News And TV Stations, Taps Neeraj Khemlani And Wendy McMahon To Lead New Division". Deadline. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "Neeraj Khemlani". CBS News. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  10. ^ Rizzo, Lillian (August 14, 2023). "CBS News names Wendy McMahon as new chief". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  11. ^ Steinberg, Brian (August 15, 2023). "Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews Takes Direct Oversight of CBS News in Restructure". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Archived from the original on August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  12. ^ Darcy, Oliver (July 10, 2024). "CBS News president Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews abruptly steps down amid Paramount merger | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved July 11, 2024.