Unlike executives atNBCUniversal,Fox Corp.and ABC parent companyDisney, top executives at ViacomCBS have not taken reduced salaries amid the financial challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic — though the company's management ranks have been thinned out in connection with its recent merger.
During an all-staff Zoom call on Wednesday, however, CBS News president Susan Zirinsky was asked by an employee whether pay cuts were considered and said that cuts were discussed at the corporate level, though they have not been enacted. "There were discussions about pay cuts across the board at the corporate level.