Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor There’s yet another person at the top of CBS News, a job that hasn’t been as long-lived as it may have been in the past.
Tom Cibrowski, a TV news veteran who has managed both “Good Morning America” and the San Francisco station KGO, has been named president and executive editor at CBS New, and will take the helm of the Paramount Global news operation at a challenging time.
Variety reported on the plans Wednesday. CBS News is under an array of pressures. It is at the center of of a case levied against Paramount Global by now-President Donald Trump, who claims editing of a “60 Minutes” interview of former Vice President Kamala Harris had an influence on the 2024 election.
Executives at Paramount Global have mulled settling the case, because they fear the White House could slow down its deal to be acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance Media.
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