BAD NEWS: As CBS’ renews its call for $100 million in cuts, Yonkers’ Mary Calvi and other staffers of the broadcast company are in a tizzy over who’s in and who’s out, The Post has learned.
QUOTE: “We are reorganizing and thinking about functions that go across multiple divisions,” interim CEO Joe Ianniello told analysts at Deutsche Bank Media and Telecom conference in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. “We expect to … get $100 million in cost savings,” he said.
WRITING IS ON THE WALL: The morning show hasn’t had an executive producer for two and half months. and the evening news team fears they are all fired.
HOT MESS: Ratings for “CBS This Morning” fell 8 percent from last year, with 3.1 million total viewers.
The morning show has suffered since co-host Charlie Rose was ousted over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations, putting it even farther behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” show.
The CBS Evening News” is also in last place for its time slot, although it has suffered less than the morning show, down just 3 percent from last year.
Staffers of CBS’ news and Mary Calvi, who is on a book tour, are questioning who might be on the chopping block, especially as ratings for its morning and nightly news shows fall
Mary Calvi and other news personalities were already jittery amid signs that newly promoted CBS News President Susan Zirinsky has been rethinking the anchor lineup, even at the New York City Flagship Station WCBS Channel 2
CBS is also looking for a new CEO to replace Les Moonves, who resigned last fall due to sexual harassment allegations.
Reps for Curry and Banfield declined to comment. A CBS rep said, “CBS News declines to engage in speculation.”