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Aug. 5, 2009
Rather sues Moonves, ex-CBS News chief Former TV news anchor Dan Rather sued CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward on Monday in a bid to have them reinstated as defendants in his $70 million lawsuit against the network. In a lawsuit filed in New York...
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Andrew Heyward out at CBS News

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CBS News enters the digital era

NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- CBS News Tuesday announced it will launch a 24-hour digital news channel via broadband to give consumers news video-on-demand.

Moonves stresses pluses for CBS affiliates

LAS VEGAS, June 2 (UPI) -- CBS affiliated stations, holding their annual conference in Las Vegas this week, were told CBS would only benefit if Viacom was split into two entities.

CBS may charge cable operators for signal

LOS ANGELES, April 20 (UPI) -- CBS TV may try to charge a new fee for U.S. cable operators to run its programming, The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

Viacom names two new co-presidents

NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- Media giant Viacom Inc. announced Tuesday the appointment of Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves as co-presidents and co-chief operating officers.

GOP wants 'The Reagans' reviewed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Republican are asking CBS-TV to allow a team of historians and friends of former President Ronald Reagan to review its miniseries the "The Reagans."

CBS: Hint of Lynch movie 'over the line'

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler