Wendy McMahon

Wendy McMahon

President, Co-Head
CBS News and Television Stations

Wendy McMahon is president and co-head of CBS News and the CBS Television Stations, with shared responsible for the newly formed division which unifies CBS News, CBS News Digital and CBS Television Stations. Previously, McMahon was president of ABC Owned Stations. She had consistent success in driving audience growth via the introduction of innovative content initiatives; the creation of a Race and Culture team as well as the multi-cultural series, Our America; and a first-of-its kind data journalism unit. Before that, she led the pivot to streaming and launched the group’s first connected TV apps as senior vice president of ABC Digital. She served as vice president of marketing at KABC in Los Angeles and as creative services director at CBS-owned stations WBZ in Boston and WCCO in Minneapolis. She was named the 2019 Digital Leader of the Year (NAB) and is the recipient of numerous Emmys and industry awards.