The streaming veteran is tapped to fill a newly created role “working closely with the executives of News, Stations, CBS Media Ventures, Sports and all other studio and division heads,” according to Wendy McMahon, CEO of CBS News and Stations.
Streaming executives from Gray Television, Bitcentral, CBS News & Stations, LTN and Fox Television Stations will share the critical insights they’ve gleaned from consumers of their streaming news channels and how they’re using that — and emerging technology — to guide their fast-evolving programming strategies in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference in New York on Dec. 12. Register here.
He joins from Disney/ABC to oversee day-to-day and long-term strategic vision for the programming, production, editorial and operational functions at CBS News and Stations’ 13 local streaming channels.