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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Christa Robinson and Lance Frank will take on expanded roles for CBS‘ division built around CBS News, local stations and syndicated programming, all put under the aegis of executive Wendy McMahon in August of last year. Frank, who has been with CBS News since 2011, has been elevated to executive vice president, communications for CBS News & Stations and CBS Media Ventures, a new position. Frank will oversee projects tied to McMahon’s central team, including talent relations and events across the division.

A former 60 Minutes producer claims she was falsely fired from the long running newsmagazine show last year, and now she’s suing CBS, CBS News and parent company Paramount Global for discrimination – and naming a lot of names.

The changes in CBS News leadership also include the return of a sole figure with the title of news division president.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews will take direct oversight of CBS News, the latest move in a broader restructure of operations at Paramount Global’s CBS business. Matthews, a CBS News veteran who once supervised the Washington bureau and had been put in charge of overall newsgathering, will now have top editorial oversight for CBS News across all platforms. She will oversee all CBS News programs, bureaus, global newsgathering, streaming and digital editorial, as well as standards and practices, special events, politics, elections and surveys, social, the race and culture unit and CBS News Radio.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The headlines coming out of CBS News will soon be guided by a new executive. Neeraj Khemlani, who arrived at the Paramount Global unit in 2021 to oversee CBS News and local stations along with Wendy McMahon, is leaving his role running the unit that produces “60 Minutes,” “CBS Evening News” and “Face The Nation,” among other programs.

CBS News has hired Jo Ling Kent to serve as senior business and technology correspondent, based in Los Angeles.

Lisa Ling has joined CBS News as a contributor across the network broadcasts and platforms.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Lisa Ling has, over the course of her career, traveled to far-off places including Costa Rica and North Korean. Her next stop: CBS News. Ling, who recently cut ties with CNN after the Warner Bros. Discovery-based cable-news outlet canceled her documentary program, “This Is Life,” will join CBS News as a contributor, says co-president Neeraj Khemlani. She is expected to debut on CBS News later this summer, and will be based in Los Angeles. “If you look at her work over the years, she is really excellent at embedding with communities,” says the executive, in an interview. “You can only do that if you are afforded time and resources that fits with the kind of storytelling that we do.”

CBS is debuting a revamped daily streaming politics show American Decides, which will feature a team of the network anchors and correspondents.

Vladimir Duthiers has been named featured host of CBS Mornings, giving him a higher profile on the network’s AM broadcast.

Natalie Morales will be a correspondent for CBS News, with duties that will include the true crime series 48 Hours.

“The Talk” host Natalie Morales has been named correspondent for CBS News.Her role will also include duties for “48 Hours,” Neeraj Khemlani, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations, said in a statement.“Natalie is one of the best in the business and a welcome addition to CBS News,” Khemlani said in a statement. “She has excelled at the highest levels – from network morning shows to longform storytelling – and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her on our team.

William Earl Variety and Rolling Stone announced on Friday the final lineup for their Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films, on Aug. 25 in New York.  The summit coincides with the Truth Seekers journal, a collaboration between Variety and Rolling Stone.

Norah O’Donnell has extended her contract at CBS News through the 2024 election and afterward.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNorah O’Donnell and CBS News have come to terms on a new deal that will keep the anchor at “CBS Evening News” beyond the 2024 election, according to three people familiar with the matter.A CBS News spokesperson declined to offer immediate comment, and a spokeswoman for O’Donnell declined to make the anchor available for comment. O’Donnell disclosed her new contract Friday evening while having a toast with her crew at CBS News’ Washington, D.C., facility, according to these people.The deal was cemented despite growing speculation that CBS News, under the direction of co-president Neeraj Khemlani, might seek to replace the anchor, who has seen her profile grow during a stint co-anchoring the formerly-titled “CBS This Morning” and a tenure at a “CBS Evening News” that has moved its main operation to the nation’s capital.

Steve Raizes has been named executive vice president of podcasting and audio at Paramount, an expanded role in which he will lead audio initiatives at CBS News in addition to Paramount’s podcasting unit.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorLongtime Viacom exec Steve Raizes, head of podcasting and audio at Paramount (formerly ViacomCBS), is now overseeing all audio initiatives for CBS News in addition to his previous duties.Raizes gets a new title — executive VP, podcasting and audio at Paramount — after serving as SVP of podcasts at the media conglomerate. In the expanded role, Raizes will formally head all audio initiatives for CBS News, in addition to continuing leading Paramount’s centralized podcasting group.

CBS News and The Weather Channel have announced a partnership on weather reporting and technology.

CBS News has tapped Joelle Martinez, most recently at Vice News, as its new West Coast bureau chief.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGayle King, who over ten years at CBS News has become one of that ViacomCBS division’s most recognizable personnel, has signed a deal to stay with CBS News.“I still feel that in many ways I’m just getting started,” King told listeners of her SiriusXM radio program on Friday.Speculation has risen in recent weeks whether CBS News would keep both King and her colleague Norah O’Donnell, both of whom had contracts that were set to lapse this year. King last signed an extension with CBS News in 2019, when Susan Zirinsky, the former CBS News president, rebuilt the network’s morning-news program, now known as “CBS Mornings,” with her at the center.

according to a new report from CNN. Also according to that report, Williams said no — twice. CNN cites three people familiar in the story, which details how CBS News president and co-head Neeraj Khemlani tried to bring William on board two times, but Williams was not interested in replacing current anchor Norah O’Donnell.

NEW YORK -- CBS News says it is retooling its streaming service to better incorporate programs and personalities from the television network.The CBS service is debuting a new evening newscast and prime-time lineup on Monday, from a newly-constructed Manhattan-based studio, part of what promises to be an aggressive year of building for news-based products.The hourlong evening newscast, beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern, will feature a rotating cast of anchors and originate from New York, Washington and Los Angeles.

Robert Costa, who has been national political reporter at The Washington Post and was host of PBS’s Washington Week, is joining CBS News as chief election and campaign correspondent.

CBS News has tapped The Wall Street Journal’s Anthony Galloway to oversee day-to-day programming and production for the network’s streaming service, along with a series of  other executives who also will play roles in the expanded emphasis on the digital platforms.

Neeraj Khemlani, the president and co-head of CBS News and Stations. So Happy Valentine’s Day to the two of them, we suppose.Sokoloff will lead a centralized bookings unit encompassing CBS News’ broadcast and streaming platforms.

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, who has been CBS News Washington bureau chief since July, 2020, will now have oversight over all network newsgathering worldwide.

Alison Pepper will  return to CBS News as senior vice president for talent strategy, as Laurie Orlando takes a new role overseeing talent strategy for CBS Stations.

CBS News is changing the name of its CBSN streaming service to simply “CBS News.”

CBS News announced Wednesday that Nate Burleson will be the new co-host of “CBS This Morning.” He is replacing Anthony Mason and will join Gayle King and Tony Dakoupil in September.

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.

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