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CBS News Plans Streaming Overhaul With New ‘Whip-Around’ Program


CBS News will overhaul the programming available on its live-streaming platform, relying heavily on a 'whip-around' format

She is one of a group of business executives who have been handed the reins of news operations at traditional media companies, which are testing new strategies for their reliable newscasts in an era when viewers are dispersing to a panoply of new streaming options. NBC News has launched hours led by anchors including Kate Snow and Tom Llamas, some of which have made it into the daytime schedule of the company’s broadcast network. NBC recently unveiled plans to use a “whip-around” concept as the backbone of its Olympics coverage on its Peacock streaming hub, in a new “Gold Zone” program hosted in part by “RedZone” anchor Scott Hanson.

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