Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports and the division’s 27-year leader (left), will retire next April and hand the reins to David Berson (right), who has been president of CBS Sports for more than 10 years. The leadership change was announced today by George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS, and chief content officer of news and sports at Paramount+.
David Berson has been promoted to president, CBS Sports. He will continue to report to CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus and will be involved in all aspects of CBS Sports’ day-to-day management and will also continue to lead the CBS Sports Network.
ESPN executive David Berson gets a strategic role in CBS Sports operations and will also run the company’s CBS College Sports cable channel as president.
