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CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante will interview President Barack Obama in Selma, Ala., on Saturday, March 7.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted year-to-year percentage increases in adults 25-54 (+7%, 1.6/06 from 1.5/06)

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted double-digit year-to-year percentage gains in adults 25-54 (+13%, 1.7/06 from 1.5/06)

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories at simultaneous ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +4% year-to-year in viewers (7.33m from 7.05m) for the week ending Dec. 19, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

Kimberly Godwin has been named Senior Broadcast Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY. The appointment is effective immediately. In this role, Godwin will report to Steve Capus, Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +7% year-to-year in adults 25-54 (1.6/06 from 1.5/05) – the demographic most important to those who advertise in news – for the week ending Dec. 5

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing during 2014.

In a season of strong ratings nights, 60 MINUTES had its best in two years last Sunday. The CBS newsmagazine drew 18.4 million viewers

Jeff Fager, Chairman of CBS News and Executive Producer of 60 MINUTES, today announced his intention to step down from his role as chairman and to return to full focus on running the acclaimed newsmagazine, effective at the beginning of the new year.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +4% in viewers (7.44m from 7.12m) compared to the same week last year, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 14.

CBS News and CBS Interactive today launched CBSN, the first digital streaming news network that will allow Internet-connected consumers to watch live, anchored news coverage on their connected TV and other devices.

CBS News is the #1 broadcast network for coverage of the 2014 midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

America's most-watched news program landed on Nielsen's Top 10 list for the second time in four weeks. 60 MINUTES finished at #7 for the week, drawing 13.23 million viewers – the largest primetime non-sports broadcast audience on Sunday.

CBS News will provide a full day of division-wide original reporting across all platforms for the 2014 midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

CBS News Correspondent Holly Williams reports from inside Syria, where she speaks with a teenager who says he was forced to fight alongside ISIS. The report will be broadcast tonight, Oct. 21 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +8% year-to-year in adults 25-54 (1.3/05 from 1.2/05) – the demographic most important to those who advertise in news – for the week ending Oct. 17

Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman with terminal cancer who has renewed a national debate about the right to die, gives her first television interview to CBS THIS MORNING.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY launches “A Last Chance at a Second Chance,” a special multi-platform series following high school dropouts trying to turn their lives around. The series begins tonight, Oct. 6 on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

Smithsonian Channel will present encore telecasts of CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD starting today, Sept. 28, 2014, it was announced by Tom Hayden, President of Smithsonian Channel, and David Rhodes, President of CBS News.