CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves was asked at the company annual meeting Tuesday about whether the network has considered a business news channel.
Georg Szalai of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “Among the investor questions, shareholder activist Evelyn Davis asked why CBS hasn’t launched a financial news channel.
“‘We have explored it,’ Moonves replied. ‘Right now the market is way too crowded.’
“He also pointed to the company’s online offerings in the financial space.”
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