Les Moonves Quotes (10 Quotes)

Tom Kane is a consummate professional whose experience in local television, both as a general manager and in sales, has benefited us greatly since he joined our group two years ago, ... The positive growth at CBS and UPN continues to provide great advantages for us at the local level, and I'm counting on Tom to seize those opportunities to improve our positions in all the markets where we compete.

There's good news about being in third place. We can try stuff. We can take risks.

This move underscores our strategy of offering best-in-class content on as many platforms as possible while seeking out new revenue streams.

His biggest sin was to trust a producer whom he'd worked with very successfully in the past,

I expect to rely on him broadly to help me strategize, operate and drive results at the various business units which will make up the new CBS Corporation. He was absolutely instrumental in the formation of the new enterprise.

This is a proud moment for all of us who love the CBS name, and who know the storied history of CBS Radio.

Radio -- which has extremely valuable assets -- is our one segment that is not yet achieving acceptable growth. We have implemented a number of recent initiatives to change that, including the new Jack and Spanish formats which have shown good success. And we believe this week's announcement to add a powerful new morning show will greatly improve the performance of our drive-time programming in the nation's largest east-coast markets.

I knew Jim and ESPN were talking, but I always felt that deep in my soul, he was a CBS guy, the face and voice of CBS Sports,

This is a truly historical meeting of the established and new media.

We couldn't call it 'The WC' for obvious reasons.