NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� CBS on Monday appointed executive Wendy McMahon to an expanded role that puts her in charge news division, its locally owned stations and its syndication business.
For slightly more than two years, McMahan has with Neeraj Khemlani, leading the network's storied news division and the news operations at the 14 network affiliates it owns, in cities like New York and Los Angeles.
Khemlani said on Sunday that he was stepping down as co-president of CBS News and Stations. The impending retirement of Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures, will give McMahon a bigger job that includes overseeing syndicated programs 鈥淓ntertainment Tonight鈥� and
One of her first steps on Monday was appointing 30-year CBS News veteran Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews to lead the news division. Ciprian-Matthews was most recently executive vice president of newsgathering at CBS News.
McMahon has moved aggressively to boost the news operations at local CBS stations, pushing them to emphasize more . Los Angeles has recently launched a seven-hour morning news franchise.
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Khemlani was dogged by reports of an abrasive management style that offended some underlings. He's remaining at CBS in a production capacity to create documentaries, scripted series and books for Simon & Schuster, which CBS parent company to private equity firm KKR.
The elevation of Ciprian-Matthews means women are in charge at the nation's top television news operations. She joins A小蓝视频 News President Kim Godwin and Rebecca Blumenstein, head of editorial at N小蓝视频 News. is the Fox News CEO and is president of MSN小蓝视频. CNN is searching although Amy Entelis is the senior executive of the four-person team running the network during the interim.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
