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The Programming Insider: Wednesday 7/21/04

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:01:52 GMT

Note: Due to my traveling schedule there will be no new edition of The Programming Insider on Thursday, July 22. See you back from New York on Friday.
Source: MediaWeek

Oprah Promises Cable Show "Smaller & Different"; Wants To Shut Down Chicago Operations; "Why Would Anybody Stay? It's Freezing Here, And I Have A Mansion In Montecito That I Haven't Been Able To Enjoy"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:45 GMT

EXCLUSIVE: This morning I have more information behind the scenes and about the future of the daytime diva's decision to end her syndicated The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011.
Source: Deadline Hollywood Daily

CBS Sets New Local Broadcast Organization

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:56:52 GMT

CBS put in place Tuesday (Nov. 10) a new management structure for its local TV and radio broadcast operations.
Source: MediaWeek

WCBS Boss Upped to Pres. of CBS TV Stations

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:45:48 GMT

Peter Dunn, president and GM of WCBS-TV, now has the additional job of overseeing CBS' 29 stations across the country. In an email to staff, obtained by FishbowlNY, CBS Corp.
Source: mediabistro.com

CBS: Ad Market Rebounds For Net

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:17 GMT

CBS Corp. not only posted improving third quarter 2009 results -- as with other media companies -- but near term advertising market continues to rebound for its broadcast network.
Source: MediaPost.com

Quoted in 'O Snap!'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:44:26 GMT

said in NBC - Dallas Fort Worth:

Les Moonves, Bob Iger, and Sony will flip out ... The only winner is David Zaslav.

But Who'll Break Up The Fistfights?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:51 GMT

James Murdoch, Howard Stringer, Les Moonves, David Zaslav, and, interestingly, Comcast's Brian Roberts and GE's Jeff Immelt back to back, will be speaking at the annual hush-hush Quadrangle confab being held Wednesday and Thursday in NYC.
Source: Deadline Hollywood Daily

Googled: An Excerpt From Ken Auletta's New Book

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:32:26 GMT

On a sunny July afternoon in Sun Valley, three friends who had competed and cooperated for a quarter century -- Robert Iger, the CEO of Disney, Les Moonves, the CEO of CBS, and Peter Chernin, then the COO of News Corp -- gathered for sodas.
Source: Huffington Post

PREVIEW-Big media stocks rally; will business follow?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:47:08 GMT

* Media stocks up 71 pct; 'easy money' may be over * CBS CEO Moonves sees "growth" in ad market * Market rally creates currency for deal making NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - When it comes to the media business, the script reads that advertising will...
Source: Reuters

Quoted in 'Chernin Adds to List of Ex-Murdoch Executives Shaping Comcast's Strategy'

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:42:51 GMT

said in Bloomberg.com:

There are only three people who can fix the NBC network: Peter Chernin, Bob Iger and Les Moonves, and Iger and Moonves are not available.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:13:45 GMT

Ron Meyer, president and COO Universal Studios (L), and Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp, joke on the terrace at the Sun Valley Inn in Sun Valley, Idaho July 8, 2009.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:10:18 GMT

Ron Meyer, president and COO Universal Studios (L), and Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp, joke on the terrace at the Sun Valley Inn in Sun Valley, Idaho July 8, 2009.

Les Moonves Knows Nothing Of Pee Wee Herman Porn Bust

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:44:17 GMT