William Earl Susan Zirinsky, a veteran of TV-news, has lately set her sights on new frontiers. The former CBS News President and executive producer of “48 Hours,” has since 2012 led See It New Studios, a Paramount Global production shingle that works in documentaries and unscripted series.
Some are tied to true crime and others aim to provide witness to major historical events. “The streaming world has given us a platform to really expand and deal with things in a much more profound way.
And we have a wide portfolio,” says Zirinsky, who notes she can devise projects for the CBS broadcast network, Paramount+ or even a platform owned by a rival.
She spoke during a one-one-one chat during “Truth Seekers,” an annual conference that spotlights documentary production and unscripted programming under the auspices of Variety and Rolling Stone.
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