CBS Buys CNET, Changes Web Strategy?

[CBS chief executive Les Moonves (image cred)]

One news item certainly lighting up blogs and Twitter streams everywhere is CBS’ purchase of CNET for $1.8 billion.

The New York Times notes that CBS chief executive Les Moonves may have opted for change in the company’s web strategy.

“We are not going to spend $1.6 billion on YouTube,” he told the paper a year and a half ago, in an effort to ensure investors that the company’s digital strategy would not include large acquisitions.

In

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in