In a rare appearance on the same stage, the heads of the news divisions at ABC, CBS and NBC took on a range of topics, from M&A to the state of broadcast TV and, of course, coping with the nearly constant barrage of President Donald Trump’s tweets.
NBC’s Noah Oppenheim, CBS’ Susan Zirinsky and ABC’s James Goldston all…
Newly re-cast CBS This Morning delivered more of its headline-grabbing exclusives Friday morning – this time a sit-down with Attorney General Bill Barr.
It’s Barr’s latest round in his Battle Of Who Gets Last Word with the now-former Special Counsel Robert Mueller since Mueller turned in his report about Russian 2016…
UPDATE, with CBS News response Former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley said today on CNN’s Reliable Sources news magazine that he was fired from his job because he “wouldn’t stop complaining to management” about a “hostile work environment” in the news division.
The remarks came after Pelley was asked about the…
Steve Kroft will retire from 60 Minutes at the end of his 30th season on the newsmag, CBS News announced Friday.
America's most-watched news program. The 73-year-old correspondent is currently the news magazine's longest tenured reporter, having reported nearly 500 60 Minutes stories – many among the broadcast's…
The annual levitation act known as the upfronts each year reflects an extravagantly orchestrated defiance of reality: Hence the TV network sales forces this week were chasing $10 billion in advertising commitments despite the fact that their primetime audience had fallen 38% over five years and that media news seemed…
CBS has renewed its venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes for the 2019-20 TV season and will also bring back 48 Hours for a 30th season. The news came Thursday among a slew of programming renewals by the network ahead of next week’s annual upfronts presentations in New York.
60 Minutes has been on the air for 51 years and…
Jose Andino has been hired in the newly created role of SVP Human Resources at CBS News, the latest move at the division trying to revamp its culture in the wake of the exits of Les Moonves and Jeff Fager.
CBS News said Thursday that Andino will focus on overall human resources strategy along with employee relations…
Tanya Simon has been promoted to executive editor of 60 Minutes. The daughter of Bob Simon has worked for the broadcast for nearly 20 years and most recently was one of its senior producers. Her responsibilities included overseeing digital content and supervising production of 60 Minutes Sports for Showtime.
As a…
Gayle King, CBS This Morning's smartest cookie, will host the CBS News special Meghan and Harry Plus One, marking the one-year anniversary of the royal marriage and the birth of their first child, who will be the first British-American child to be in line for the throne.
In one of those incredible coincidences, just…
CBS News President Susan Zirinsky has named Judy Tygard executive producer of 48 Hours. She had the job before being promoted to division chief early this year.
Tygard will oversee all aspects of the crime-and-justice broadcast, Zirinsky said in naming her trusted lieutenant to the gig.
Calling Tygard, who has been…
Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan has found a new home with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a conservative media giant with local stations around the country.
Logan has a 90-day assignment as a special correspondent focusing on the US-Mexico border, and will produce two segments a week for Sinclair’s 191 television…
CBS This Morning has promoted Diana Miller, currently the morning show’s senior broadcast producer, as the new executive producer.
It’s the latest shakeup on CBS’ morning show, with Thursday’s news of Miller’s promotion coming a day after confirmation that co-host Bianna Golodryga will be exiting after her six-month…
