Moonves: CBS Will Play On a Digital Media Field.(Les Moonves, CBS Corp.)

Multichannel News, January, 2007 by Steinert-Threlkeld, Tom

By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld Las Vegas -- CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves took to the stage at the 40th International Consumer Electronics Show here to demonstrate that there is no longer a distinction between old and new media. "We're all playing on the same big digital field," Moonves said of traditional media like his broadcast-television business and upstart ventures putting video and other content on the Web.

To show that CBS had its own digital mojo in motion, he shared the stage with some of the biggest names in online entrepreneurship, including the founders of YouTube , the market-defining video-sharing site that had barely launched when the 39th CES was staged, and Sling Media, the company that pioneered the idea of "slinging" shows you see on...

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