Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon Named Co-Heads of CBS News and CBS TV Stations

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWalter Cronkite held forth from New York and Washington for CBS News. His heirs at a new ViacomCBS unit will do the same, while also monitoring Sacramento, Minneapolis and Dallas.The two executives named to head a newly fashioned division that combines the CBS local stations with CBS News and the team that manages the CBSN live-streaming news service offered their early vision for how the operation will function.

Wendy McMahon and Neeraj Khemlani, the new presidents and co-heads of CBS News and CBS Television Stations, outlined some of their initial plans for the newly combined division.

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NEW YORK -- CBS says it is combining its network news division and troubled group of 28 owned stations across the country into one unit, hiring two outside executives to run the expanded operation.Neeraj Khemlani, a former journalist who has worked at Hearst Newspapers for 12 years, and Wendy McMahon, who was head of ABC-owned stations, will be co-presidents, the network said on Thursday.“This is an opportunity to create a news and information structure that positions CBS for the future,” said

CBS is combining its news division and CBS Television Stations into one division, with Neeraj Khemlani  and Wendy McMahon named presidents and co-heads.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNeeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon have been named to lead a new unit that combines CBS News and CBS local stations.Khemlani, a senior executive at Hearst Newspapers, will be the next president of CBS News, charged with raising the competitive level of a news organization that is associated with giants of the format such as Edward R.

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