17 Facts About Steve Capus

Stephen Allan "Steve" Capus was born on October 4,1963 and is a news executive, producter, and journalist.

Steve Capus was born in 1963, the son of Jean and Paul Capus.

Steve Capus's mother is a teacher's aide; his father is a district manager for a dental supply company.

Steve Capus graduated from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania, and went on to attend Temple University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1986.

Steve Capus was a director at WCSD-FM, a nonprofit community radio station in Warminster, in the early 1980s.

Steve Capus worked at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1986, and became an executive producer with KYW-TV in Philadelphia in 1990.

From 1997 to May 2001, Steve Capus was the executive producer of MSNBC's The News with Brian Williams.

Steve Capus was the executive producer of numerous NBC News breaking reports and MSNBC special broadcasts.

Steve Capus was the executive producer of NBC Nightly News from May 2001 to June 2005.

Steve Capus was then promoted to senior vice president of NBC News, where he led the network news division, was executive in charge of MSNBC, MSNBC and NBCNEWS.

In November 2005, Steve Capus was named president of NBC News.

Steve Capus has served as the arbiter of issues involving ethics, style, standards, safety and other matters that affected the Division's journalistic bearing.

Steve Capus announced February 1,2013, that he was leaving the network.

Steve Capus joined IESE Business School as Executive in Residence, to share his expertise.

Steve Capus started a blog in January 2014 with stories and analysis about entrepreneurs, leadership, communications, journalism, politics, transformation, innovation, The Digital Revolution and big ideas.

On May 6,2014, CBS News announced that Steve Capus would join the Network as Executive Editor of CBS News and Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News.

Steve Capus was dismissed of those duties on January 23,2018, and replaced in that capacity by Mosheh Oinounou.