Les Moonves: Last News

 

Tom Brady might regret his thoughts on the 2004 “nipplegate” at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

As Paramount Global prepares to report quarterly earnings Thursday, with CEO Bob Bakish presiding and Shari Redstone happily ensconced as non-executive chair, a new book is bringing forth some interesting (and at times lurid) revelations about the company’s tortuous journey.

A captain at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) directly and repeatedly interfered with an open investigation into allegations of sexual assault against former CBS CEO Moonves, New York Attorney General Letitia James said today.

Former CBS chief Les Moonves and Paramount Global have agreed to pay an additional $9.75 million to resolve an investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s office.

In a fickle TV business where the top network posts rank at the bottom for job security, we lost two of the longest-tenured executives in just a couple of days, the CW Chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz, who stepped down Monday, and David Nevins, Chairman and CEO, Paramount Premium Group and Chief Creative Officer, Paramount+ Scripted Series, whose exit was announced today. Both were around the 12-year mark in their jobs.

her controversial partner. Chen Moonves’ husband, Les Moonves, stepped down as the CEO of CBS in 2018 following allegations of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment. Another victim alleged that he tried to silence her by offering her a job at the network.

Shareholders of the former CBS have settled a long-running securities class action lawsuit with the company over its handling of sexual assault allegations against former CEO Les Moonves. The $14.75 million cash payout covers shareholders of CBS from November 2017 to July 2018.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterCBS shareholders have reached a $14.75 million settlement in their securities lawsuit against the network for what it relayed about the sexual misconduct allegations against disgraced former chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves and how his #MeToo comments affected the company.In a filing obtained by Variety Monday, CBS shareholders wrote, “Lead Plaintiff and Defendants have negotiated, at arm’s length and with the assistance of an experienced and neutral mediator, a proposed settlement of all claims in this Action for $14,750,000 in cash. This resolution, which falls well within the range of possible approval, involved a thorough investigation, extensive motion practice, consultation with an expert on damages and loss causation, and a formal mediation involving rigorous and extensive negotiations.” Representatives for CBS declined to comment Tuesday.In January 2020, a federal judge in New York allowed the shareholder lawsuit against CBS Corp.

Take-Two Interactive, publisher of video games including Grand Theft Auto is acquiring Farmville maker Zynga for $12.7 billion, creating a bulked-up gaming giant.

The CW may get a new majority owner. Fifteen years after the broadcast network’s launch, its co-parents, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia, are considering a controlling stake sale, sources confirm to Deadline. Nexstar Media Group, which is the CW’s largest affiliate group following its acquisition of Tribune, is believed to be among interested buyers. Sources caution that conversations with multiple suitors are in exploratory stages and no deal is imminent.

Ten years on from his very public meltdown, Charlie Sheen has shared his regret about turning down a rehab trip he now feels would have saved his career.

Charlie Sheen regreted not taking former CBS boss Les Moonves' advice and checking into rehab as his life spiralled out of control a decade ago. Marking the 10th anniversary of his "winning and tiger blood" meltdown following his departure from the hit TV show Two and a Half Men, the actor told Yahoo! Entertainment he's glad that part of his life is over.

"Judge Judy" Sheindlin has been secretly feuding with the top brass at CBS for months, and a new report says the ongoing disagreements led her to call it quits with the network after 25 years.