The executive director of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, said Monday that she will resign after four years, the latest consequences on the network since her parent company considers a lawsuit with the president Donald Trump during a “60 minutes” with its former political opponent.
McMahon, who has led the news division of the network and the news for the stations owned by CBS, said in an email message that “it is clear that the company and I do not agree on the way to follow. It is time to move forward and that this organization advances with a new leadership.”
McMahon has made it clear that he opposes himself with Trump, as well as the executive producer of “60 minutes”, Bill Owens, who resigned last month.
Trump has sued CBS, claiming that he edited an interview with Democratic opponent 2024 Kamala Harris The past fall to benefit it. CBS News has denied that. The CBS matrix company, Paramount Global, is in conversations to resolve Trump’s demand. At the same time, Paramount Global is looking for the approval of the administration of a fusion with Skydance Media.
George Cheeks, Co-Coo de Paramount and head of the CBS network, said the main deputies of McMahon, president of CBS News, Tom Cibrowski, and the president of the CBS stations, Jennifer Mitchell, will inform him directly to him.
McMahon, in his note, said that “the last months have been challenging.”
“I have spent the last months by poling our businesses and making sure that the appropriate leaders are in place, and I have no doubt that they will continue to establish the standard,” he said.
In addition to the fight with Trump, Paramount’s controller shareholder, Shari RedstoneHe has expressed unhappiness for some network coverage of the Israel War in Gaza, including a piece of “60 minutes” this winter. Paramount began supervising “60 minutes” stories in new ways, including former CBS News president, Susan Zirinsky, to review some of his stories before they were broadcast.
That additional layer contributed to Owens’s resignation. One of the program’s correspondents, Scott Pelley, said in the air that “none of us is happy” about the changes.
CBS News is also trying to establish the new anchor team of John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois in their flagship broadcast “CBS Evening News” transmitting in the midst of qualifications problems.
In his note for staff members, Cheeks praised McMahon for expanding local news at CBS stations and improving their competitive positions, along with the improvement of digital network offers.
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