Green Named to Oversee Newspath

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Comes from CBS Boston O&O

(Image credit: Newspath)

Johnny Green, VP and news director at CBS owned-and-operated station (O&O) WBZ-TV Boston has been named VP of news services for CBS News, overseeing the network's affiliate news service, Newspath.

Green will report to Kim Godwin, executive VP of news.

“I am honored by the opportunity to join CBS News,” Green said in a statement. “I look forward to building on the tradition established at Newspath and providing editorially rich content and support during this transformative time.”

Before joining WBZ, Green was executive producer at NBC O&O WCAU-TV Philadelphia.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.