13 Facts About CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS.

CBS News Radio produces hourly newscasts for hundreds of radio stations, and oversees CBS News podcasts like The Takeout Podcast.

Up until April 2021, the president and senior executive producer of CBS News was Susan Zirinsky, who assumed the role on March 1,2019.

CBS News disregarded an embargo when it broke the story of the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932, using live on-the-air reporting.

CBS News ran cable channel CBS Eye on People from 1997 to 2000 and Spanish-language channel CBS Telenoticias from 1996 to 1998.

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In 2021, CBS News had set up its own production unit See It Now Studios, to be headed up by Susan Zirinsky.

In 2022, CBS News hired former Donald Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a paid on-air contributor.

CBS News co-president Neeraj Khemlani told CBS morning show staff: "If you look at some of the people that we've been hiring on a contributor basis, being able to make sure that we are getting access to both sides of the aisle is a priority because we know the Republicans are going to take over, most likely, in the midterms".

Branch of CBS News that produces newscasts and features to radio stations is CBS News Radio.

The radio network is the oldest unit of CBS and traced its roots to the company's founding in 1927, and the news division took shape over the decade that followed.

CBS News Radio produces the oldest daily news show on radio or television, the CBS World News Roundup, which first aired in 1938 and celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2018.

CBS News Streaming Network is a 24-hour streaming news channel available from the CBS News website and launched on November 4,2014 as CBSN.

In 2017, CBS News entered into a content-sharing agreement with BBC News, respectively replacing similar arrangements with the BBC and ABC News, and CBS and Sky News.