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President and acting CEO of CBS Corp. Joe Ianniello announced the regime change on Sunday evening.
Current CBS News president David Rhodes, whom Zirinsky replaces, issued a statement confirming the news.
The new year is a time for renewal, for new goals, he wrote.
Its been eight incredible years since I joined@CBS.
In an interview with the LATimes, Zirinskyacknowledgedthe context.
The #MeToo movement isnt behind us, its alongside us in our thinking, she said.
Zirinsky is known internally as an energetic 5 a.m. emailer, a quick-talking firebrand and voracious newshound.
(She inspired Holly Hunters character inBroadcast News,for which she served as a technical advisor and producer.
Her staff is fiercely loyal to her.
Zirinsky has also racked up award after award, from Peabody to DuPont.
But recent blind items and internal gossip have represented her differently: as a tabloid micromanager.
Page Sixreportedthat unnamed correspondents told the board they would quit if Zirinsky were named the60 Minuteshead.
Turned out I outlasted the man who fired me and I now have his desk.
