Music Industry Moves: CBS News’ Anthony Mason to Receive SummerStage Icon Award, Tyler Hubbard Signs With UTA

variety.com:

Thania Garcia CBS News senior cultural correspondent Anthony Mason will be honored with the “SummerStage Icon” award at City Parks Foundation‘s 2022 benefit fundraiser on Sept.

29. The ceremony, naturally enough, will take place at SummerStage in New York’s Central Park. Mason will be recognized for “his significant contribution to arts and culture and for his lifelong devotion to NYC’s parks.” From 2019 to 2021, Mason was a co-host of “CBS This Morning” and prior to that, he was a co-host of “CBS This Morning: Saturday” for seven years.

He has interviewed six U.S. Presidents and various senior federal officials, but the journalist is perhaps best known for his interviews with high-profile musicians, including Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Adele, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Cher, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

The NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund will also be receiving the “People and Parks” award for “helping transform New York City with their extraordinary contribution to the stewardship of NYC’s parks and open spaces in a time of crisis.” To help make the most of the open spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, a collective of national, family, corporate and community foundations launched the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund with the goal of providing the most urgent needs facing the City’s parks while spurring policy-makers to address ongoing systemic challenges and policy concerns.