Leslie Moonves

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Leslie Moonves (2009)

Leslie Roy "Les" Moonves (born October 6, 1949 in New York City ) is an American manager .

Life

Moonves came from a Jewish family in New York City. His parents were Herman Moonves and Josephine Schleifer. Moonves attended Valley Stream Central High School and graduated from Bucknell University .

At the beginning of his career, Moonves worked at 20th Century Fox Television and Lorimar Television, among others . From 1993 he was President of Warner Bros. Television, where he and his team developed successful television series such as Friends and Emergency Room . In 1995 he moved to Columbia Broadcasting System as President of Entertainment . Moonves took the network from last to first place in the television ratings rankings by adding hit series like Everybody Loves Raymond , Survivor , and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation to its programs. In 1998 he was promoted to President and CEO of CBS Television. In 2003 he became chairman of the station. Just one year later, he became Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Viacom and Chairman of CBS. After Viacom split the business into two companies in 2006, Moonves became President and CEO of the newly formed CBS Corporation . After the resignation of the longtime Executive Chair of CBS Corporation, Sumner Redstone , in February 2016, Moonves took over the role as Chairman of CBS Corporation while maintaining his position as President and CEO of the company. Moonves also sits on the board of directors of the US game developer ZeniMax Media .

From 1978 to 2004 he was married to Nancy Wiesenfeld. He has been married to Julie Chen since 2004.

Sexual harassment allegations

At the end of July 2018, The New Yorker magazine published a report by Ronan Farrow that six women had accused Moonves of harassment and intimidation (such as harassment and intimidation) and that numerous others had reported similar incidents. CBS opened an investigation into the alleged incidents. On September 9, 2018, Moonves left CBS Corporation.

Bobbie Phillips accuses him of forcing her to have oral sex in 1995.

Another report of sexual harassment was preprinted to a chapter of a book by E. Jean Carroll in New York magazine on June 21, 2019 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sumner Redstone Resigns as CBS Exec Chairman at hollywoodreporter.com, accessed February 4, 2016
  2. ↑ www.newyorker.com: Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
  3. ↑ Joe Flint and Keach Hagey: CBS to Investigate Allegations of Sexual Harassment Against CEO Moonves. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ Sex allegations bring down the CBS boss. In: Deutsche Welle . September 10, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  5. ^ CBS Corporation and National Amusements Announce Resolution of Governance Disputes and Transition to New Leadership - CBS Corporation. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams, Ellen Gabler: 'If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished': How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser . In: The New York Times . November 28, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 1, 2019]).
  7. ↑ E. Jean Carroll: Donald Trump Assaulted Me, But He's Not Alone on My List of Hideous Men. June 21, 2019, accessed July 1, 2019 .
  8. ^ Sarah Jones: E. Jean Carroll: "Trump attacked me in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman." June 21, 2019, accessed July 1, 2019 .
  9. ^ Writer E. Jean Carroll makes sexual assault claims against Trump and Moonves. Retrieved July 1, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Moonves, Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moonves, Leslie Roy; Moonves, Les
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American media manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States