Wendy McMahon, President and Co-Head of CBS News and Stations.
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CBS Information on Monday named Wendy McMahon as its CEO and president.
The position expands McMahon’s prior function as co-president to obtaining solo oversight above CBS News and its stations. Beforehand, McMahon shared responsibilities with Neeraj Khemlani, who on Sunday informed staff he was stepping down.
Considering that 2021, McMahon served as co-president with Khemlani, and equally ended up responsible for operating CBS News as nicely as popular reveals like “60 Minutes” and “Encounter the Nation.”
On Sunday, Khemlani informed workers that he was leaving his latest part for a new “multi-year initial-glimpse” offer with CBS where he will establish information this kind of as documentaries, scripted collection and books for Simon & Schuster.
Previous 7 days, CBS Information mother or father Paramount declared it was selling reserve publisher Simon & Schuster to private fairness large KKR.
McMahon will be in demand of all of CBS News’ broadcast and streaming operations, as well as its 27 community Tv set stations, 14 community streaming channels and syndication programming. She’ll also oversee content licensing to Television set stations and the division’s countrywide advert profits company.
In addition, McMahon will oversee initial-run entertainment collection like “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune,” as very well as “Enjoyment Tonight” and “The Drew Barrymore Present.” CBS Radio and CBS Newspath will also slide beneath her purview.
McMahon also earlier shared duties with Steven LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures. LoCascio announced Monday his options to retire at the stop of his deal. McMahon will was also named president of CBS Media Ventures.
