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EXCLUSIVE: When streaming news outlet CBSN hit its goal last year of roughly 1 million streaming starts per day, CBS News Digital EVP and GM Christy Tanner ordered celebratory cupcakes for the newsroom, decorated with “1M” in frosting. In 2020, a year marked by Covid-19, a tumultuous election and weeks of uprisings…

At the end of a record-setting year of news consumption, Amazon Fire TV said local TV stations in 12 U.S. cities will be added to Amazon's news app, with another 90 on deck for 2021. The initial dozen stations are in New York, LA, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Tampa, Boston, San Francisco and…

WGA East members employed at CBSN have unanimously ratified their first contract – the first ever at a 24/7 live anchored digital streaming news network. Launched in 2014 as an arm of CBS News, CBSN voluntarily recognized the union last year as the collective bargaining agent for its more than 65 writers, producers…

More than 75 writers on CBS and Showtime TV shows have signed a petition in support of a fair contract for their fellow writers employed on the newly unionized staff of CBSN, CBS News' streaming news network. The petition was delivered to management at ViacomCBS by WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson on the…

Continuing its rollout of local direct-to-consumer streaming services, CBS has launched CBSN Los Angeles. The company’s television stations and interactive units teamed to ramp up the LA effort, which follows the debut last December of CBSN New York. Plans call for additional launches in other markets where CBS owns…

The WGA East, in its ongoing efforts to unionize digital newsrooms, has been recognized voluntarily by CBSN — an arm of CBS News — as the collective bargaining representative of the live-streaming news network's 55 writers, producers and graphic artists. CBSN became the first-24/7 live anchored digital streaming news…

Continuing its direct-to-consumer push, CBS has launched CBSN New York, the first of several planned services to stream anchored news coverage from its owned stations in major local markets. CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive teamed on the new initiative, which follows the entry four years ago of CBSN, an…

Aiming to leverage Entertainment Tonight‘s brand equity in the streaming era, CBS has launched ET Live, an ad-supported, round-the-clock service complementing the company’s existing news and sports offerings. With a different set and on-air talent roster from the “mother ship” syndicated show, a mainstay for nearly…

CBS News is bulking up its morning news coverage on CBSN, its 24/7 streaming news network, with CBSN AM, its first live daily programming in the 7-8 AM ET hour. The program, anchored by Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers, will feature domestic and international stories, as well as a detailed look at what’s ahead…

The CBSN streaming news network expanded its live coverage with CBSN AM, an hourlong daily live show airing at 7 AM ET. Veteran journalists Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers will anchor the morning show, highlighting the day’s most stories and previewing what’s ahead. Green will anchor the full hour with Duthiers…

CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive plan to launch CBSN Local, a portfolio of streaming services delivering anchored news coverage and live breaking news events from major markets served by CBS stations. CBSN Local will be modeled on CBSN, the 24/7 streaming news service from CBS News and CBS Interactive that…

Subscribers to CBS All Access will soon be able to access a service that probably should have been part of the package from Day One: CBSN, the broadcast company’s 24/7 live, ad-supported streaming news platform. The company says this morning that CBSN will be available to All Access customers via computers on…