CBS has named Shawna Thomas executive producer of CBS This Morning, its flagship morning news program. Thomas will join the program, which is anchored by Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil, on Feb.
1. CBS This Morning has been without a permanent ep since October of last year, when Diana Miller stepped down after a year and a half in the role.
Thomas joins CBS from Quibi, where she was a content development executive on its news team, working with news outlets like NBC News, the BBC and, yes, CBS News to develop short-form programming for the ill-fated streaming service (Quibi's news unit was led by Ryan Kadro, who was previously the ep of CBS This Morning).
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