Discovery has officially announced the hiring of Chris Licht as CNN’s new chairman and chief executive officer.

The Hill reports:

Licht, a 20-year veteran of broadcast news, is the executive vice president of special programming at CBS. He has spearhead programs like “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “CBS This Morning” as well as MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” during a previous stint with NBC Universal.

News of Licht’s hiring was first reported by Puck News over the weekend and announced on Monday by Discovery, which is the process of a merger with WarnerMedia, CNN’s parent company.

“I have known and admired Chris for more than 15 years and strongly believe he is the best person to lead CNN Global as part of Warner Bros. Discovery,” David Zaslav, incoming CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, said in a statement. “Chris is a dynamic and creative producer, an engaging and thoughtful journalist, and a true news person. He has more than two decades of broadcast experience across local, cable and national news. He has been in the field, in the control room and on the set. He is a highly principled individual who is trusted, hard-working and makes every organization stronger, more innovative, and more cohesive.”

Licht will succeed former CNN President Jeff Zucker, who resigned earlier this month after revealing in a memo to staff he had been having a romantic relationship with another top-level staffer at the network that he did not disclose to the company’s human resources department.

Discovery said it expects that Licht will start at CNN in early May once the acquisition of the cable news network is complete.