Overview

• CBS News named Draggan Mihailovich executive editor on Thursday, a decision shared internally by executive producer Tanya Simon.
• Tanya Simon has led the program since late July as executive producer, becoming the first woman to hold that role.
• The change follows the April resignation of longtime EP Bill Owens, who told staff he no longer felt able to make independent decisions during litigation pressure.
• Paramount Global this month paid $16 million to President Donald Trump to settle claims over the program’s editing of an interview connected to Kamala Harris.
• Mihailovich has spent 27 years producing for the broadcast and its spinoff, earning seven Emmys and three Edward R. Murrow Awards for work that includes reports on the Sudanese lost boys and the Iraqi defector known as “Curve Ball.”