David Rhodes (media executive) explained

David Rhodes
Birth Place:New York City
Nationality:American
Occupation:Media executive
Alma Mater:Rice University
Children:2
Relatives:Ben Rhodes (brother)

David Rhodes (born December 1973) is an American media executive. He was named Executive Chairman of the Sky News Group in February 2023. In July 2021, he was hired to lead international business development at Sky, a subsidiary of US cable company Comcast Corp. He served as the president of CBS News from 2011 until 2019. He was the youngest network news president in the history of American television.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Rhodes was born and raised in New York City. He is the son of an Episcopalian father from Texas and a Jewish mother from New York.[3] [4] He graduated from Rice University in Houston in 1996 with majors in economics and political science.[5] [6] He is the brother of Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security adviser for strategic communications for President Barack Obama.[7] [8]

Career

Rhodes began his career in television journalism with Fox News Channel, where he joined as a Production Assistant before the channel launched in October 1996. He eventually became Vice President of News and stayed at FNC for 12 years.[9] In 2008, Rhodes moved to Bloomberg L.P. as Head of U.S. Television. Bloomberg's cable channel underwent a major re-design in 2009.[10]

In February 2011 Rhodes became president of CBS News, replacing Sean McManus.[11] At age 37 he was the youngest network news president in the history of American television.[12]

He was responsible for CBS News broadcasts and the division's news-gathering across all platforms including television, CBS News Radio, CBSNews.com[13] and CBSN, the first live-anchored streaming news network.[14] [15]

Beginning in 2015 he took over the CBS News unit of the network. In addition, he was responsible for the supervision of the CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning and more.

Rhodes promoted "Real News" and put an emphasis on CBS News' journalistic traditions.[12] The division began programming CBS This Morning in 2012[16] —emphasizing harder news coverage and bringing the morning show back to the CBS Broadcast Center from a remote studio. CBS News' Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer was expanded to one hour and emerged as the #1 Sunday morning public affairs show.[17] [18]

On January 6, 2019, Susan Zirinsky was named President of CBS News, replacing David Rhodes.[19] [20] [21] Rhodes stepped down on March 1, 2019, "after overseeing Zirinsky’s transition and having an advisory role after that."[21] According to Variety, with Rhodes at the helm, "CBS News expanded into new digital territories and placed more emphasis on its roots as a trusted hard-news outlet, refashioning the network’s morning show and launching streaming-news outlet CBSN."[22]

In September 2019 he began work as a consultant for Spotify's original podcast development,[23] and he has also worked for the Los Angeles Times since leaving CBS.[24]

In May 2020 he began to work for News UK, the British division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. He is developing several current affairs and entertainment programs,[25] [26] [27] but the project was discontinued when Rhodes' team concluded it was unwise to launch a traditional cable news business in the present market.[28]

In July 2021, Rhodes was hired to lead international business development at Sky, a Comcast subsidiary.[29]

Boards

David Rhodes was chairman of the advisory board of The Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.[30] He also serves on the Rice University Board of Trustees,[31] The Baker Institute Board of Advisors,[32] the advisory board for Rice University's Doerr Institute for New Leaders,[33] and the advisory board of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.[34]

Awards and recognition

Rhodes became a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum at the group's 2013 gathering in Yangon, Myanmar, and participates in the forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.[35] Rhodes reached the top 10 of Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40 in 2012[36] and has been named to a number of media and business lists, including The Hollywood Reporters 35 Most Powerful People in Media,[37] 2012 Crain's New York Business 40 Under 40,[38] and GQs 50 Most Powerful People in Washington. He is the Radio Television Digital News Foundation's 2018 First Amendment Service Award recipient.[39]

Personal life

In 2005, he married Emma Kahn.[40] He currently splits his time between London and New York with his spouse and two sons.[41]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Rhodes - 2012 - 40 Under Forty . Crain's New York Business . 2012-10-12 . 2015-07-23.
  2. Web site: 21 June 2016. Podcast: David Rhodes/Transcript. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201223202350/https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/160621_Podcast_David_Rhodes_transcript.pdf . 2020-12-23 . 13 December 2020. Center for Strategic and International Studies.
  3. News: Mark Landler. Worldly at 35, and Shaping Obama's Voice. May 15, 2015. The New York Times. March 15, 2013.
  4. Web site: 2012-01-01. 40 Under 40 - David Rhodes. 2020-12-20. Crain's New York Business. en.
  5. Web site: Rice alum David Rhodes named president of CBS News . News.rice.edu . 2015-07-23.
  6. Web site: The 35 Most Powerful People in Media Hollywood Reporter. 2020-12-20. Hollywood Reporter.
  7. Web site: Rice alum David Rhodes takes charge at an American institution, CBS News. 2020-12-20. news.rice.edu.
  8. Web site: Rice alum David Rhodes named president of CBS News. 2020-12-20. news.rice.edu.
  9. Web site: 2008-11-26. David Rhodes Leaves Fox News; Talks of New Gig at Bloomberg TV. 2020-12-13. Observer. en-US.
  10. Web site: Rice alum David Rhodes named president of CBS News. 2020-12-13. news.rice.edu.
  11. Web site: Sehgal. Ujala. Sean McManus Is Out At CBS News, To Be Replaced By Bloomberg's David Rhodes. 2020-12-13. Business Insider.
  12. Web site: Steinberg. Brian. 2014-11-20. David Rhodes To Take Over CBS News As Jeff Fager Steps Down. 2020-12-13. Variety. en-US.
  13. Web site: David Rhodes. 2020-12-20. Keshet Media Group INTV - Innovative TV Conference. en-US.
  14. Web site: . 2014-11-06. CBS Debuts CBSN Interactive Streaming News. 2020-12-20. TV News Check. en.
  15. News: 2014-11-06. CBS Launches First of Its Kind Streaming News Network 'CBSN'. en-US. TheWrap. 2020-12-20.
  16. Web site: July 26, 2012. Norah O'Donnell named "CBS This Morning" co-host. 2020-12-13. CBS News. en.
  17. Web site: de Moraes. Lisa. 2015-03-23. CBS News President David Rhodes Extends Deal To 2019. 2020-12-13. Deadline. en-US.
  18. Web site: The 35 Most Powerful People in Media Hollywood Reporter. 2020-12-13. Hollywood Reporter.
  19. Web site: Flint. Joe. January 6, 2019. CBS News Names Susan Zirinsky as Its First Female President. January 7, 2019. wsj.com.
  20. Web site: DeMarche. Edmund. January 7, 2019. CBS names Susan Zirinsky to lead news division, will replace David Rhodes: reports. January 7, 2019. Fox News.
  21. Web site: Battaglio. Stephen. 2019-01-07. Susan Zirinsky will replace David Rhodes as CBS News president, becoming first woman to lead division. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107042201/https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-cbs-news-zirinsky-20190106-story.html . 2019-01-07 . 2020-12-20. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  22. Web site: Steinberg. Brian. January 6, 2019. Susan Zirinsky Replaces David Rhodes as CBS News President. January 9, 2019. Variety.
  23. Web site: Spangler. Todd. 2019-09-06. Spotify Enlists Former CBS News Chief David Rhodes as Consultant for Podcast Push. 2020-12-28. Variety. en-US.
  24. Web site: Foster. Alana. 4 May 2020. News Corp head hunts former CBS chief to drive UK video. live. 2020-12-28. IBC. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924054904/https://www.ibc.org/trends/news-corp-head-hunts-former-cbs-chief-to-drive-uk-video/5888.article . 2020-09-24 .
  25. News: Smith. Ben. 2020-05-01. A Onetime Leader of Fox News Returns to the Murdoch Fold. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-13. 0362-4331.
  26. Web site: 2020-12-01. Rupert Murdoch's News UK TV channel given approval to launch. 2020-12-13. The Guardian. en.
  27. Web site: Barker. Alex. Edgecliffe-Johnson. Andrew. 16 October 2020. Murdochs court Alan Sugar and Piers Morgan for UK TV push. 2020-12-13. www.ft.com.
  28. Web site: Seal. Thomas. 5 July 2021. TV Executive Who Murdoch Brought to Europe Jumps Ship to Comcast. live. 2021-07-08. www.bloomberg.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210706001307/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-05/tv-executive-who-murdoch-brought-to-europe-jumps-ship-to-comcast . 2021-07-06 .
  29. Web site: David Rhodes Joins Comcast to Lead International Business Development for Sky. 2021-07-08. adweek.it. en-US.
  30. Web site: Events Tufts Fletcher School. 2018-05-30. fletcher.tufts.edu.
  31. Web site: Kraft, Rhodes and Tarpley join Rice University board. 2018-05-30. news.rice.edu. en-US.
  32. Web site: 2020-12-02. The Baker Institute Board of Advisors. 2021-01-03. www.bakerinstitute.org. en-US.
  33. Web site: Internationally renowned vanguards named to Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders advisory board. 2018-05-30. news.rice.edu. en-US.
  34. Web site: Hampton University : Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications : Advisory Board. 2021-01-03. shsjc.hamptonu.edu.
  35. Web site: David Rhodes | World Economic Forum - David Rhodes . Weforum.org . 2015-07-23.
  36. Web site: 40 Under 40 2012. 2021-01-03. Fortune. en.
  37. Web site: The 35 Most Powerful People in Media Hollywood Reporter. 2021-01-03. Hollywood Reporter.
  38. Web site: 2012-01-01. 40 under 40 Class of:2012. 2021-01-03. Crain's New York Business. en.
  39. Web site: RTDNF announces 2018 First Amendment Award honorees. rtdna.org. en. 2018-01-18. 2021-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417224826/https://www.rtdna.org/article/rtdnf_announces_2018_first_amendment_award_honorees. dead.
  40. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E1D7103FF930A35757C0A9639C8B63 New York Times: "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Emma Kahn, David Rhodes"
  41. Web site: Rice alum David Rhodes takes charge at an American institution, CBS News. 2021-01-03. news.rice.edu.

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