Wendy McMahon has been named president and chief executive officer of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures, expanding her role in the company. The announcement was made today by George Cheeks, president and chief executive officer of CBS, to whom McMahon reports.
In addition, as head of CBS Media Ventures, she will oversee entertainment series including"Jeopardy!,""Wheel of Fortune,""Entertainment Tonight,""Inside Edition" and"The Drew Barrymore Show." McMahon previously shared oversight of CBS News and Stations with Neeraj Khemlani.
Since being appointed president and co-head of CBS News and Stations in May 2021, McMahon has partnered with Khemlani to optimize CBS' journalistic resources across its national and local platforms to establish a local-to-global news organization with increased emphasis in streaming. She has also expanded local news coverage in many markets, including launching a seven-hour morning news franchise in Los Angeles and building the"newsroom of the future" at WWJ-TV, the CBS-owned station in Detroit. McMahon established the CBS Local News Innovation Lab that is creating data-driven investigations and solutions-oriented journalism for local stations and partnering with the Network for broader coverage.