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news division of the American television and radio service CBS

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Division of
CBS
Key people
David Ellison (Chairman/CEO) ‍ Tom Cibrowski (President) ‍ Bari Weiss (Editor-in-chief)
Founded
September 18, 1927 ; 98 years ago ( 1927-09-18 )
Headquarters
CBS Broadcast Center , 530 West 57th Street , New York City , New York 10019, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Television broadcast programs
CBS News Roundup CBS News Mornings CBS Mornings CBS Evening News CBS Saturday Morning CBS Weekend News 48 Hours CBS News Sunday Morning Face the Nation 60 Minutes
Parent
CBS News and Stations
Official website
cbsnews .com
Streaming news network
cbsnews .com /live

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Official website
cbsnews.com
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CBS News Bulletin 1963.PNG
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CBS News
street address
530 West 57th Street, New York City, New York 10019
streaming media URL
cbsnews.com/live
inception
1927-09-18
social media followers
6770000
shortened URL formatter
cbsn.ws/$1
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CBS News is the news division of the American television broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news networks in the United States.

CBS News emerged as a radio news broadcast service in 1929. In 1933, Paul W. White was named head of the news division and saw it through World War II where it provided an alternative to Nazi propaganda. Its first television broadcasts began in 1941 with WCBW in New York City. In 1962, Walter Cronkite became anchor of its flagship television news program, the newly renamed to CBS Evening News. In 2025, CBS News transferred ownership as part of Paramount's merger with Skydance Media and Kenneth R. Weinstein (the former CEO of the Hudson Institute, a conservative foreign policy think tank) was assigned as ombudsman to the news division. In October 2025, Bari Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News, which was interpreted by critics as a sign the organization was shifting politically rightward.

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