Leslie Moonves
Leslie Moonves
Leslie Roy Moonvesis Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth6 October 1949
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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This has been a very difficult year for CBS News, for Andrew, for other people in CBS News. I think it was a mutual decision. Andrew's been head of CBS News for a long time, longer than anyone else in many years. It was just time.
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I am very pleased that the separation is completed, and we start the new year with clear decks and tremendous focus and energy. Since the split, we announced a 14% increase in our dividend to demonstrate our confidence in our ability to generate strong free cash flow, a measure which showed double-digit growth for us during 2005.
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I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him.
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I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the U.S.
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I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show on our network. Am I surfing? All the time. I'm aware of the landscape. I'm a competitor, so I have to know whom I'm competing with.
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Everybody Hates Chris. It's a notable show, so probably a likely survivor.
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We have CBS.com, we have our stuff on iTunes. We feel the wave of the future is getting as much distribution as we can. We feel that we should be nonexclusive and get our content out there.
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We realize that if we live in a world that depends totally on CBS.com, we'd be dead.
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CBS Vision is a strategic way for us to get ahead of all the new technologies and challenges that are facing our industry, and to share our knowledge and these opportunities with our clients and partners.
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CBS is very pleased to have forged this partnership with Mitsubishi that will give American television viewers their first sustained exposure to high-definition television, ... This agreement, which allows us to present the majority of our primetime lineup in the highest definition television format, represents the most significant step any network has taken in HDTV and further establishes CBS' leadership in the transition to digital broadcasting.
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CBS is the largest out-of-home advertising company in the U.S.
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NBC has been the market leader for a long time. They didn't replenish their programming...and it gave us an opportunity and we took advantage of that opportunity.
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Seasoned broadcasters who are at once respected, charismatic and known throughout this country and beyond are increasingly important in this fragmented media landscape.
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Everybody's basically putting their toe in the water. We're all aware how hugely significant this is going to become both culturally and financially in the next couple of years.