CBS To Combine News And TV Stations, Names Co-heads WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - ViacomCBS Inc. announced plans to combine CBS News and the CBS Television Stations. The journalistic and business operations of both will be combined into one divisional and leadership structure. Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon were appointed as presidents and co-heads of the newly formed division, effective early next month. The company is in discussions with Susan Zirinsky, currently President of CBS News, for a significant role at a new CBS News Content Studio to be launched later this year. As per the plan, the unified division will have the broadcast resources of CBS News, the 24/7 streaming news service CBSN, 10 CBSN Local platforms, cbsnews.com and 28 CBS-owned stations in 17 major U.S. markets.