Jon Tower, a morning-news veteran who has been filling in as an interim manager at CBS News‘ A.M. program, is now the official supervisor of the show.
\n\nTower was named the executive producer of “CBS Mornings” in a memo sent Friday by Tom Cibrowski, president of the Skydance news unit, and the task of narrowing ratings gaps between “CBS Mornings” and its two main rivals, NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” now falls to the longtime producer.
\n\n“There is no one better positioned to lead the broadcast into its next chapter,” Cibrowski said of Tower in the memo. “He is a thoughtful journalist, a creative storyteller, and a collaborative leader who understands both the urgency of the news and the importance of the stories that resonate with the morning audience.”
\n\nTower joined CBS News in 2014 after a stint working on the original production team that launched “Morning Joe” at was once known as MSNBC. Indeed, Tower worked closely with Chris Licht, the former “Joe” producer who helped CBS gain new traction in the mornings before working with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” and, subsequently, running CNN.
\n\nTower has been a senior figure at the CBS sunrise show…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/