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December 22, 2009
Apple looks at internet TV foray
Apple is courting owners of US television networks, including CBS and Walt Disney, in the hope of launching a subscription television service over the internet next year, people familiar...iPhone could offer on the “tablet” computer it is widely expected to launch imminently. Magazine publishers Time Inc and Condé Nast have created prototype digital editions of their magazines for a new generation of handheld tablet devices...Samsung and potentially Apple. Apple has contacted other broadcast and cable networks, including Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting System and Viacom, which have so far been unconvinced by Apple’s proposal. The computer maker has also courted the... By Kenneth Li in New York and Joseph Menn in San Francisco
January 12, 2009
CBS chief upbeat on carriage payments
...Leslie Moonves. The chief executive of CBS is staring recession in the face: advertising...A popular programming slate has helped CBS’s advertising revenues hold up as the economy...the economy went into a tailspin. Still, CBS continues to top the ratings with its... By Matthew Garrahan
September 20, 2007
Former anchorman sues CBS
The troubled news division of CBS was haunted on Wednesday by a controversy...In his complaint, Mr Rather claims that CBS made him a scapegoat and marginalised him...reporting for two years. In addition to CBS, the suit also names Sumner Redstone, the... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
September 11, 2006
CBS chief tunes into a fragmented media world
Les Moonves, the CBS chief executive, was beaming on Wednesday...NBC with a $60m contract, had debuted on CBS as the first woman to anchor a major network...of Tom Freston, the chief executive of CBS' sister company, Viacom. Eight months... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
March 16, 2007
CBS links up with YouTube to form basketball channel
CBS yesterday unveiled an agreement with YouTube...Pontiac, comes just two days after Viacom, CBS's former sister company, filed a suit against...growing prominence as a new media laboratory. CBS's coverage of the event online last year... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
September 26, 2007
CBS names chief for studio unit
CBS's plans to establish a film studio took a...Columbia Pictures, as first chief executive of CBS Films. The new division was announced in March...concerns among some investors, who worry that CBS - which includes television networks, outdoor... By Joshua Chaffinin New York
April 13, 2007
CBS fires Imus after ad exodus
CBS yesterday bowed to pressure from advertisers...reputational risk to big media companies such as CBS and advertisers who rely on controversialtelevision...and others seeking to court his audience. CBS suspended Mr Imus for two weeks after he referred... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
August 18, 2006
CBS to show TV news simultaneously online
...first for major US television networks, CBS will broadcast its evening news programme...that has largely shunned the programme. CBS will begin the simulcast on September 5...audience," said Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports. "For people who can... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
September 7, 2006
The king of CBS fine-tunes queen of TV screen
...lured television personality Katie Couric to CBS Evening News with a $60m contract, yesterday...rated Today morning show, was poached by CBS this year with the promise that she would...archetypal television anchorman over decades at CBS. "I thought she did a terrific job... By Joshua Chaffin and John Gapper in New York
November 22, 2006
QUINCY SMITH, CBS
A veteran of Allen &Company, the boutiquemedia investment bank,Mr Smith worked on notable internet transactionssuch as Google'sinitial public offeringand the sale of Advertising.com to AOL 2006: Appointedpresident of CBS Interactive division