Gayle King may be headed toward a major role shake-up at CBS News amid concerns about her multi-million-dollar salary. The CBS Mornings host, 71, seems to be garnering the attention of CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, Variety reported Tuesday, with her salary of about $15 million being seen as “no longer viable in a […]
A CBS news station in Idaho and its community are mourning the unexpected and tragic loss of Chief Meteorologist Roland Steadham. The station reports Steadham died in a plane crash on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Another person, identified by the Gem County Coroner as Dallin Laufenberg, was on the plane when it crashed on the Payette […]
There’s a big update on Gayle King’s future at CBS. As the network goes through a major overhaul for its CBS News division, King is sticking around. A spokesperson confirmed to CNN that King has renewed her contract to stay at CBS. “I’m excited about continuing at CBS Mornings. As always, I’m open to new […]
CBS Mornings executive producer Shawna Thomas is exiting her role with CBS News at the end of this month. A source revealed the shakeup to TheWrap. A memo from Thomas was leaked to the media outlet. In the memo, she expresses her excitement, and seemingly hints at burnout from work. “This isn’t THE GREAT GOODBYE […]
Beloved journalist Ernie Anastos has died. He was 82 years old. The New York staple, who worked as a journalist for various outlets for more than four decades, died on March 11. His family confirmed the news to a New York station, Deadline reports. He began his career in Boston radio in the mid-1970s before […]
A CBS News correspondent has exited the company. Omar Villafranca announced on Instagram on Tuesday that he will no longer be working at CBS News. “After more than a decade covering breaking news and investigations (and a few fun stories too!), my piece on “Hoosiers” was my last at CBS News,” he said in a […]
CBS News released an update after a camera operator suffered a “medical emergency” live on air Wednesday night during the CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil. Dokoupil interrupted a live report from Taiwan when a crew member seemingly collapsed in front of him. The report was airing live in advance of President Donald Trump’s state […]
Nikki Battiste, a CBS News Correspondent, is headed to NBC after nearly 10 years with CBS. Battiste shared news of her CBS departure and pending role at NBC in a post to her Instagram account late last week: “I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining NBC News as anchor of Early TODAY. I will […]
Ariel Levy, a staff writer at The New Yorker, is joining CBS News’ 60 Minutes as a contributor. Executive Producer Nick Bilton wrote: “Ariel is an astonishingly original writer and reporter, fearlessly going to far-flung places and exploring sensitive topics that have driven consequential debates. For nearly three decades, first at New York magazine and then at The […]
Rosie O’Donnell is finally back behind the talk-show desk. Yes, the former host of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The View” will be serving as guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” the week of Aug. 17 while Kimmel is on vacation (as part of his summer rotation). He said he’d tapped O’Donnell for the stint […]