Salerno Named to CBS Board

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

CBS Corp. named Frederic V. Salerno to its board of directors. Salerno is a retired vice chairman and CFO of Verizon Communications, and also held those titles at Verizon predecessor Bell Atlantic.

Salerno was elected to his position on the CBS board.

He's also a director of Viacom [www.viacom], Akamai Technologies and Bear Stearns, among others.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.