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Shawna Thomas is joining MS NOW arsenic governmental head aft her caller departure from CBS News, wherever she was executive shaper of CBS Mornings.
Thomas will lead nan network’s governmental portion and nonstop sum of campaigns and elections, and will look connected MS NOW’s platforms, nan web confirmed. She will commencement connected June 8.
Thomas’ prosecute is expected to beryllium announced later connected Wednesday.
Thomas was EP astatine CBS Mornings for 5 years, and exited arsenic nan network’s caller owners, Paramount Skydance, scheme an overhaul of nan program.
In a statement, Thomas said, “It will beryllium an grant to activity pinch everyone astatine MS NOW to thief pass an assemblage that craves discourse and meaning, on pinch nan governmental machinations of nan moment. I get to reunite pinch Luke Russert and Peter Alexander, some of whom I produced for.”
She noted that she antecedently produced for Luke Russert and Peter Alexander, nan second of whom precocious joined MS NOW, among different colleagues who she has worked pinch successful erstwhile roles.
Thomas antecedently was Washington bureau main for Vice News and oversaw authorities and argumentation sum for Vice News Tonight connected HBO. She worked astatine NBC News for a decade, including arsenic elder shaper of Meet The Press, and was a contented improvement executive for Quibi. Politico first reported connected her prosecute astatine MS NOW.
