News comes after Moonves acknowledged ‘mistakes’ in the way he treated women earlier in his careerMedia company CBS’s board has reportedly offered chief executive officer Les Moonves a $100m exit package. The news comes after Moonves, one of the world’s most powerful media executives, acknowledged “mistakes” in the way he had treated women earlier in his career. In a statement published after the New Yorker story, Moonves acknowledged “that there were times decades ago when I may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances. This week CBS’s board announced it has appointed two legal firms to look into the allegations brought against Moonves. The law firms will also look into other allegations that the culture at CBS and CBS News tolerated abusive behavior.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2018 15:33 UTC