Anthony Mason Biography
Anthony Mason is a broadcast journalist from the United States. He has been a reporter, anchor, and correspondent for CBS News since 1986, and he has been the weekday co-host of the network’s flagship morning show CBS This Morning since 2019.
How old is Anthony Mason? – Age
He is 65 years old as of 23 June 2021. He was born in 1956 in New York, United States.
Has Anthony Mason been divorced? – Family – Wife
Mason has been in marriage twice. He has been married to Christina Anne Unhoch since 1994, and the couple has two children, a daughter and a son, who live in Manhattan. Mason has one daughter from his previous marriage to advice columnist Amy Dickinson from 1986 to 1990.
What is Anthony Mason’s annual salary?
His annual salary is highly estimated to be $120,000.
Anthony Mason Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Did Anthony Mason leave CBS This Morning? – Career
Mason was employed by KJRH-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then spent two years at the then-CBS-owned WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, which marked the beginning of his association with the network. Prior to joining CBS News, he worked at WCBS-TV in New York City. Mason began working as a correspondent for CBS News in 1986. From 1987 to 1990, he was the London Bureau correspondent.
Mason was the Chief Moscow Correspondent from 1991 to 1993. From Moscow, Russia, he contributed award-winning coverage of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt. Since 1993, he has been working in New York City. In 1998, Mason was named Business Correspondent. Mason joined CBS This Morning Saturday as a co-anchor in early 2012, and she joined the show as a co-host in 2019.
Mason joined CBS This Morning Saturday as a co-anchor in early 2012, and in 2019 she joined the popular CBS This Morning weekday show as a co-host. On May 31, 2017, CBS News announced Mason would take over as interim anchor for the weekday editions of the CBS Evening News, succeeding Scott Pelley. This took effect on June 19, 2017. CBS News announced on October 25 that Jeff Glor would be the permanent weekday anchor.
Mason’s last day as anchor of CBS Evening News was Friday, December 1, 2017, with Glor taking over as the program’s new permanent weekday anchor the following Monday, December 4. Anthony Mason is also a regular correspondent and fill-in for CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. Mason was absent from the broadcast for the majority of the second half of 2017 due to his interim anchor position at CBS Evening News.