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14.04.2021 / 20:12

Zirinsky leaving as CBS News chief, amid industry change

NEW YORK – CBS News President Susan Zirinsky is stepping down after two years on the job, making it the second of the three broadcast news divisions to lose its leader in the past couple of months.

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Chris Isham Stepping Down As CBS News Washington Bureau Chief

Chris Isham, who has been the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for CBS News since July 2007, will step down from that role to become executive producer of the network's 2020 election coverage, according to a memo sent by CBS News president Susan Zirinsky to staff Wednesday. After the election, "Chris will be moving on to write his next chapter," Zirinsky writes.

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30.05.2020 / 00:37

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CBS News President Susan Zirinsky Says That Corporate Execs Have Discussed Pay Cut

Unlike executives atNBCUniversal,Fox Corp.and ABC parent companyDisney, top executives at ViacomCBS have not taken reduced salaries amid the financial challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic — though the company's management ranks have been thinned out in connection with its recent merger. During an all-staff Zoom call on Wednesday, however, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky was asked by an employee whether pay cuts were considered and said that cuts were discussed at the corporate level, though they have not been enacted.

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28.05.2020 / 18:41

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"Everyone Is Shocked": CBS News Hit Hard by Layoffs

CBS News was hit hard by a round of corporate cost-cutting that saw "a single-digit percentage" of the network's news staffers laid off, according to an estimate given by network president Susan Zirinsky during a Wednesday afternoon all-hands conference. Based on the size of the news network — which totals more than 500 staffers — employees did the back-of-the-envelope math and estimated that about 50 staffers were cut, though the network has not said specifically how many were affected.

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Piers Morgan: ‘Very sad news’ GMB host speaks out as journalist, 54, dies from coronavirus

Piers Morgan, 56, has spoken out in view of his 7.2 million Twitter followers in response to the news that journalist Maria Mercader has died of the coronavirus aged 54. Maria, who was a CBS News producer and talent executive, who also battled cancer, died in New York on Sunday.Piers reacted after Maria’s colleague Susan Zirinsky posted a heartfelt tribute dedicated to the late journalist in view of her 19,000 Twitter followers yesterday.She wrote alongside a photo of the duo: “It is with profound sadness that I share with you the loss of a dear member of our CBS News family.

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CBS News Journalist Maria Mercader Passes Away From Coronavirus

CBS News has revealed that one of their longtime staffers, Maria Mercader, has passed away from Covid-19 coronavirus.

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Maria Mercader, CBS News Journalist, Dies at 54 of Coronavirus Complications

CBS News is mourning the loss of Maria Mercader, a network veteran who covered breaking news for nearly three decades and, most recently, helped shape strategy for the network's correspondents and reporters.

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Coronavirus strikes journalists, others change way they work

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Six people at CBS News have tested positive for coronavirus, including a correspondent stationed in Italy, as media organizations fought Monday against the same epidemic they're charged with describing.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0