CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon, said on Monday that she resigns after four years, the latest network fees when his parent company was planning to settle a lawsuit with US President Donald Trump 60 minutes Interview with his former political opponent, Kamala Harris.
McMahon, who directed both the division of network news and the news of the stations belonging to CBS, said in an email to the staff that “it has become clear that the company and I do not agree on the way to follow. It is time to move on and for this organization to advance with a new leadership”.
McMahon clearly indicated that she is preparing to settle with Trump – just like 60 minutes Executive producer Bill Owens, who left last month.
Trump continued CBS, alleging that he had published an interview with 2024 with Harris last fall for the benefit. CBS News denied it. CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, is in talks to potentially settle the trial of Trump. At the same time, Paramount Global seeks the approval of the administration of a merger with Skydance Media.
George Cheeks, CO-PDG of Paramount and head of the CBS network, said that the main deputies of McMahon, the president of CBS News, Tom Cibrowski, and the president of CBS stations, Jennifer Mitchell, will return to him directly.
McMahon, in his note, said that “the last months have been difficult”.
“I spent the last months to support our businesses and make sure that the good leaders are in place, and I have no doubt that they will continue to establish the standard.”
In addition to the fight with Trump, the shareholder controlling Paramount, Shari Redstone, expressed a misfortune on a network coverage of the War of Israel in Gaza, including one 60 minutes room this winter. Paramount started to supervise 60 minutes Stories of new ways, in particular by asking the former president of CBS News, Susan Zirinsky, to examine some of her stories before their dissemination.
This additional layer contributed to the resignation of Owens. One of the correspondents of the show, Scott Pelley, told the antenna that “none of us is happy” changes.
CBS News also tries to establish the new anchoring team of John Dickerson and Maurice Dubois in his flagship product News from CBS Enir Distribute in the midst of notes problems.
In his note to staff members, the cheeks praised McMahon for extending local news in CBS stations and improved their competitive positions, as well as improving digital offers from the network.
