CBS named veteran local media exec Joel Vilmenay president and general manager of CBS News and Stations’ businesses in Los Angeles several months after an internal investigation into racism and misogyny at the stations led to high-profile ousters in LA and Chicago.Vilmenay’s portfolio includes KCBS-TV (CBS 2), KCAL-TV (KCAL 9), CBSN Los Angeles and website CBSLA.com, Wendy McMahon, president and co-head, CBS News and Stations, and Jennifer Mitchell, president, CBS Stations, said.
Vilmenay, who joins CBS after 18 years with Hearst Television, will report directly to Mitchell starting Oct. 18.He was most recently president and GM of WDSU-TV in New Orleans, named the state’s Station of the Year in 2020 by the Louisiana Association of
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