Signaling a high-level management makeover, ViacomCBS is poised to name George Cheeks, a rising star at NBCUniversal, as the top executive at CBS, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment. A surprise choice, Cheeks is in advanced negotiations with ViacomCBS to replace CBS Chief Executive Joe Ianniello, who has been running the broadcasting …
When former CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves was fired over sexual harassment allegations a year ago, many media analysts believed the company had lost an indispensable impresario who kept it vital in a turbulent TV industry. His departure cleared the way for the company’s controlling shareholder Shari Redstone to reunite CBS with Viacom — home of MTV, …
CBS Corp. is weighing whether to merge with Viacom Inc. or plot its own course. CBS Corp. has suspended its search for a chief executive and extended acting Chief Executive Joseph Ianniello’s contract through the end of the year as the company weighs whether to merge with Viacom Inc. or plot its own course. “He steadied the ship with some …
