Entries tagged "Les Moonves"
CBS Interactive CEO Quincy Smith is resigning to start his his own media advisory firm in Silicon Valley.
The newspaper industry is in critical condition, and CBS CEO Les Moonves makes no bones about it. The media veteran, who helped engineer CBS' $1.8 billion purchase of online media company Cnet Networks Inc. in May, seemed to be gloating, telling an audience at MIXX 2.8, the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual advertising conference Tuesday, about his company's new direction, which seems to spell only more troubles for the newspaper industry. ...
CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves acknowledges the network's interest in bidding on the Weather Channel, according to Bloomberg. While CBS' involvement in the auction is no surprise, Moonves' other comments to Bloomberg about deals while at the McGraw Hill Media Conference may shock some. ...
