Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of Hudson Institute, will serve as CBS News ombudsman, Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, announced Monday. As ombudsman, Weinstein will review editorial concerns raised by employees and viewers.

Weinstein served as president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based public policy think tank from 2011 until 2020 and is currently its Japan chair. He has served on multiple federal advisory boards spanning the last four U.S. administrations. Weinstein was chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, now the United States Agency for Global Media, from 2017 until 2020.

Weinstein earned a PhD in government from Harvard University. He has written for publications domestically and abroad, and he taught political theory at both Georgetown University

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