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Longtime former Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas is set to become a contributor to CBS News. Susan Zirinsky, CBS News President and senior executive producer, said Salinas will deliver reports for multiple broadcasts and platforms and will be a frequent presence in 2020 election coverage. Salinas is best known for…

After being removed from CBS Evening News, Jeff Glor has decided to stick with the network as co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday. He will be co-hosting with Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller. Glor also has been named CBS News Special Correspondent, in which capacity he will report feature stories and investigative…

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…

"We must never manipulate or invent; we must never knowingly deceive," Fox News Channel's Shep Smith cautioned Wednesday night as he picked up a First Amendment Award at the Radio Television Digital News Foundation’s First Amendment Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Speaking to a crowd that feels more comfortable…

CBS News incoming President and Senior Executive Producer Susan Zirinsky has promoted three top executives as part of a new strategic management team as the division gears up for a new era at the network. Kimberly Godwin has been promoted to Executive Vice President of News, from her previous VP role. Charles…

Bill Owens has been named executive producer of CBS’ venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes, filling a role that has been vacant since September, when Jeff Fager, the longtime CBS News executive and EP, was forced to step down amid allegations of inappropriate conduct at the network news division. Owens had been executive…

CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King got picked to announce to that show’s viewers that CBS News had named Susan Zirinsky its first female president. She’s replacing David Rhodes, who re-launched CBS This Morning and hired King to co-host. Even so, King told viewers to “see my big smile – all 106 teeth smiling today,&#8221…

David Rhodes is out as president of CBS News; Susan Zirinsky, thought to be top contender to replace ousted 60 Minutes EP Jeff Fager is instead replacing Rhodes. She becomes the first woman to ever helm the news division. Rhodes tweeted, CBS News confirmed – during NBC’s Golden Globe Awards broadcast. “It’s been eight…