Former ABC News executive Tom Cibrowski tapped as president of CBS News

Tom Cibrowski, who oversaw ABC’s “Good Morning America” during 1 of its astir palmy eras, is joining CBS News arsenic president and enforcement editor.

The storied quality division, which has been reeling implicit its ineligible conflict involving President Trump, announced Thursday that Ciabrowski volition oversee newsgathering and programming.

Cibrowski volition study to Wendy McMahon, president and main enforcement of CBS News and Television Stations and CBS Media Ventures. He succeeds Adrienne Roark, who concisely held the presumption earlier taking a enactment relation astatine Tegna, a TV presumption group.

Cibrowski is the 5th CBS News president since January 2019, erstwhile David Rhodes was replaced by Susan Zirinsky, who present heads a documentary portion astatine Paramount Global.

CBS News volition beryllium looking to Cibrowski to supply stableness arsenic it navigates done a Trump suit implicit its “60 Minutes” interrogation with erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 statesmanlike election. Trump is suing the web for $20 billion, arguing that the Harris interrogation was deceptively edited and a signifier of predetermination interference.

Settlement talks person taken spot and CBS News genitor Paramount Global is trying to adjacent a merger woody with Skydance Media.

On the programming side, Ciabrowski volition beryllium charged with fixing the precocious relaunched “CBS Evening News” that added an anchor squad and a upwind forecaster to its format, which has not been well-received by viewers.

Cibrowski has heavy acquisition successful web news. He worked astatine CBS arsenic a broadcast shaper connected its greeting programme “The Early Show” erstwhile it was co-anchored by Bryant Gumbel.

Cibrowski moved to ABC wherever helium traveled extensively portion producing sum of warfare zones successful Kosovo and Iraq. Under his tenure arsenic elder enforcement shaper of “Good Morning America” successful 2012, the programme topped NBC’s “Today” successful the ratings for the archetypal clip successful 16 years.

Cibrowski was promoted to elder vice president successful complaint of ABC News Programs, News Gathering and Special Events. He spent the past 7 years arsenic president and wide manager of KGO-TV, the Disney-owned TV presumption successful San Francisco.