FILE PHOTO: The CBS broadcasting logo is seen outside their headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
January 7, 2019
(Reuters) – CBS News President David Rhodes is stepping down and Susan Zirinsky, a senior executive producer, will assume the president’s role from March 1, according to a company statement and an internal memo seen by Reuters on Sunday.
Rhodes will remain in the media firm through March 1, after which he will assume the role of a senior adviser to CBS Corp <CBS.N> CEO Joe Ianniello, and to the News Division, Rhodes wrote in the memo.
(Reporting by Mekhla Raina in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)
