Members Khan Posted August 14, 2019 Members Share Posted August 14, 2019 DUMB QUESTION ALERT: How will the CBS/Viacom "re-merger" affect the quality of CBS' current programming? Under Moonves' watch, CBS began steering itself toward programs that were heavily procedural, with a pro-male/pro-conservative bent. Do y'all think this move will change that any? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted August 14, 2019 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) Some history of that first merger (which I admittedly haven’t read in its entirety): https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cbs-viacom-merger-20-years-later-moonves-redstone-karmazin-freston-1203265965/ Edited August 14, 2019 by Faulkner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted August 14, 2019 Members Share Posted August 14, 2019 Shari Redstone, who will now be the controlling shareholder of both companies, couldn't stand Les Moonves. The feeling was likely mutual. Just speculation but with all the turmoil CBS has been in for the past couple years, why wouldn't she seek to change some things? Every exec who ascends to the top job usually seeks to put his/her stamp on the company that they run, no? Interesting how the article mentions that the last time CBS and Viacom were (briefly) merged, Redstone was frustrated by what he saw as "few if any transformative acquisition properties on the horizon". Well, something tells me that that will not be the case this time around with the plethora of programming springing up. Wow, Phillipe Dauman was also ousted after engaging in a power struggle with Shari Redstone? I never knew that! I know Shari Redstone was not one to be messed with but I didn't realize the extent to which this is true! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DramatistDreamer Posted August 20, 2019 Members Share Posted August 20, 2019 From what I've read, Twitter actually alerted Facebook that this was happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 20, 2019 Members Share Posted August 20, 2019 Would the world be worse off if these (and other social media platforms) were to disappear suddenly? I think not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted August 20, 2019 Members Share Posted August 20, 2019 For all the justifiable criticism that The New York Times gets, this 1619 project is definitely representative of the best of what The NYT could be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted September 5, 2019 Members Share Posted September 5, 2019 OMG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 15, 2019 Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 NYT's great year continues: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 15, 2019 Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) The initial retraction was unsatisfactory (above), so they finally did something they never do: Edited September 15, 2019 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted September 15, 2019 Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 I still hate how his victims were denied true justice, and how the Senate just cavalierly branded them as liars by confirming Kavanaugh. But, karma is real, Brett, and it's a bitch. ;) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted September 15, 2019 Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 I don't feel like double-posting so for more on the growing blowback from this huge story ("Kavanaugh" is now trending) and the fallout for the NYT's treatment of it as well go to the Politics thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted September 17, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2019 Sad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted September 17, 2019 Members Share Posted September 17, 2019 Oh, that is sad news. I liked her. She was part of an era when the news (and ABC News) was about just that, and not about everything else. RIP Cokie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted September 20, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 20, 2019 Hahahaha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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