Les Moonves

Dan Rather Trial: Les Moonves, Andrew Heyward Scheduled To Testify, Sumner Redstone Also Expected

New York Times | Jacques Steinberg | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media


The chief executive of CBS and the former president of CBS News have agreed to answer questions from lawyers for Dan Rather, who has accused the netwo...

TV Upfronts, CNET, and the Facebook, MySpace and Google Data Wars

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media


Jerry Weinstein

The US Attorney's Office is using a Terms of Service violation as a way to prosecute. Think of that precedent. How many of us read ToS agreements anyway?

Meta! Chuck Lorre Makes Hilarious WSJ Article About His Vanity Cards Even More Hilarious With A Vanity Card About The WSJ

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.15.2008 | Media


Yesterday's Wall Street Journal's featured a hilarious front-page article about "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory" exec producer Chuck Lor...

CBS Chief Moonves Bolstered By Profits And Redstone Praise

Financial Times | Joshua Chaffin | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business


Leslie Moonves appeared to solidify his position as chief executive of CBS on Tuesday, after Sumner Redstone, chairman, saluted him following a 14 per...

Performance Does Not Match Pay At Viacom

Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business


All chief executives are not equal in media mogul Sumner Redstone's empire, at least when it comes to what they are paid. Viacom Chief Executive Phil...

Les Moonves Gives CBS Newsroom A Pep Talk: Katie's Not Going Anywhere

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media


%meta(topic:01016000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:tv;%) NEW YORK (AP) _ CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie Moonves paid a surprise visit to the CBS...

Dan Rather On Les Moonves, The "Evening News," And Who Should Replace Katie When (Not If) She Goes

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media


Yesterday, I spoke to former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather about the recent travails of the current anchor of that program, namely Katie Couric...

It's Show Time At CBS

Charles Warner | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media


Charles Warner

Les Moonves should eliminate CBS News -- close all bureaus, terminate all personnel, and sell all news equipment and assets.

Playing the Musical Anchor Chair Game

Marvin Kitman | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media


Marvin Kitman

One thing you can be sure of, given their past record, with Admiral Moonves at the helm, CBS will be making the wrong decision about Couric's replacement as they smack right into the iceberg.

Les Moonves' Big Haul: Bumps Salary To $37M While CBS Ratings, Stock Price Flounder

Huffington Post | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media


With all the hubbub around CBS News of late — speculation over whether Katie Couric will resign the anchor's chair before her contract expires, ...

CBS Chief Les Moonves: Somebody Please Kill That American Idol "Monster"

The Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd and Paul J. Gough | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media


With CBS close to losing the total viewers race for the first time in five years, CEO Leslie Moonves called Fox's ratings hit "American Idol" a "monst...

Moonves Programs for His Boss, Age 84

Charles Warner | Posted 01.29.2008 | Media


Charles Warner

CBS has the oldest demographics of any of the five networks and one of its top-rated shows, 60 Minutes looks like it's in a wheelchair.

Cable to Undergo the Knife

Stacey Kalish | Posted 01.03.2008 | Entertainment


Stacey Kalish

Besides my initial shock that anyone would attempt to mess with Weeds, my subsequent thoughts turned to how exactly CBS plans on turning a serial-killer vigilante or a pot-dealing soccer mom into PG fodder.

NE Patriot's Kraft, CBS Team Up For Themed Restaurant

Boston Globe | Jenn Abelson | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business


It's "I Love Lucy" meets Kobe beef burgers in a sleek restaurant just a few yards from Gillette Stadium. That's the premise of a new concept, known a...

CBS Chief Les Moonves: We Don't Want 60-Plus Year Old Men

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 12.04.2007 | Media


You know all those viewers that CBS has lost since putting Katie Couric on Evening News? CBS didn't want 'em anyway! That's how CBS chief Les Moonves...

Memo to Peter Chernin, Les Moonves, Barry Meyer, Bob Iger, et al

Ari Emanuel | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment


Ari Emanuel

The writers have taken their big issue -- DVD residuals -- off the table. So can't you just step up and put a sensible, viable, and fair offer on the table that deals with the other key issues of jurisdiction and new media?

Nice Try, CBS, But Rather's Lawsuit Has Merit

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.16.2007 | Media


There may be plenty of contested stuff in Dan Rather's complaint, but he more than makes a sufficient prima facie case to warrant proceeding with the lawsuit.

CBS Profits And TV Income Up

TV Week | Michael Greppi | Posted 11.02.2007 | Media


CBS Corp. boosted profit 8.3% to $343.3 million as growth at its publishing and billboard businesses overcame weakness at its radio unit. The televisi...

Moonves: CBS Is Just Ducky, Despite Absence Of New Hits

New York Times | BILL CARTER, GERALDINE FABRIKANT | Posted 10.19.2007 | Media


Last spring, Leslie Moonves, chief executive of the CBS Corporation, delivered what several executives there described as a strong message to his prog...

Moonves Locks In Four-Year Deal At CBS

Variety | MICHAEL LEARMONTH, MICHAEL LEARMONTH, JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 10.17.2007 | Media


CBS Corp. has struck a new long-term employment contract with prexy and CEO Leslie Moonves that will keep him at the helm of the Eye through 2011. Pa...

Moonves On Couric: "I'm Still Extremely Happy That We Made The Move"

Boston Herald | Jessica Heslam | Posted 09.21.2007 | Media


Even though she's wallowing in third place in the ratings a year after her much-touted arrival, CBS titan Leslie Moonves defended Katie Couric yesterd...

Courage for Dan Rather

Mary Mapes | Posted 09.20.2007 | Media


Mary Mapes

The National Guard story deserves to be examined again and this may be the only way to accomplish that. A lawsuit also gives him that delicious power of discovery. Who knows what might shake loose?

Moonves: CBS To Stay Out Of iTunes Pricing Battle

Reuters | Posted 09.18.2007 | Media


CBS Corp does not plan to fight Apple Inc over the pricing of television shows sold on the iTunes online media store, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves ...


 

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