CBS's turnaround team. (new management)(includes related articles on Michael Jordan and CBS's merger with Westinghouse)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 1995 by McClellan, Steve

Lund, Korn, Moonves, Klein and Mason in place; network division heads to be re-evaluated The new management team at CBS waxed eloquent last week about its eagerness to get going with the job of turning around the network. Analysts say not much really changed with last week's naming of the executive team that will run CBS following its merger with Westinghouse--the network is clearly in a rebuilding mode for the short term, and who knows what will occur beyond that.

But affiliates were reasonably encouraged by the announcement that Peter Lund would remain to run the new CBS Inc. as president and chief executive officer. They also were encouraged by the naming of Bill Korn as president of the CBS Station Group (and executive vice president of CBS Inc.,...

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