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CBS News shakes up local broadcast leadership team
Adrienne Roark and another executive get expanded roles at the Paramount-owned news division.
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Paramount Global (Press release)

CBS to “centralize” news coverage across local-owned stations
The effort is part of a broader restructuring of operations at CBS News & Stations, and comes several months after 800 Paramount employees — including some at CBS-owned stations — were laid off.

Gray Television will share market research with CBS-owned TV stations
Gray Television has struck a pact with Paramount Global's CBS to provide market research and news strategy to CBS-owned local TV stations.

CBS station sues California police department over footage of shooting
A CBS station in Sacramento is suing a local police department after it refused to turn over footage of a shooting as required under the law.

Amid possible sale, Paramount weighs layoffs early next year
Job cuts have already come to CBS owned-and-operated stations over the past few weeks, according to a source, and further cuts could be coming in 2024.

Local Now adds local CBS News stations to free streaming service
Local Now has added more than a dozen CBS-owned national and local news channels to its free streaming platform.

Roku Channel starts offering local news from CBS, Fox stations
The Roku Channel added dozens of CBS- and Fox-owned local news streams to its ad-supported platform this week.

Paramount elevates two news executives at CBS
Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews will lead CBS News, while Ross Dagan will oversee news initiatives at CBS-owned stations.

Wendy McMahon promoted to president, CBS News and Stations
McMahon also oversee CBS Media Ventures; Neeraj Khemlani to step down from CBS News but remain with company.

Broadcasters will pay millions to settle ad price-fixing claims
Cox Media, Paramount Global and Fox Corporation have agreed to pay $48 million and cooperate in litigation against other media companies.

Paramount pulling CW affiliation from eight CBS-owned stations
Most of the affected stations have carried CW Network programming since its launch in 2006.

VUit adds 13 news feeds from local CBS stations
Streaming news service VUit is adding more than a dozen feeds from local CBS-owned stations.