Sean McManus announced today that he is relinquishing the title of president of CBS News to focus on being chairman of CBS Sports, a promotion. They are promoting Jeff Fager to chair of CBS News and bringing in David Rhodes from Bloomberg News to be President of CBS News.
Trivia: The only other person in American network TV to be president of the news and sports department simultaneously was Roone Arledge at ABC News and ABC Sports. Sean McManus is the son of Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus). http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/jeff-fager-to-be-named-chairman-of-cbs-news/ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/7418736.html -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
