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securities filing. CBS shareholders had alleged that it overpaid for Viacom in 2019 so that Shari Redstone could consolidate her family’s media empire.According to a securities filing Friday, the company will be paid $167.5 million to settle the suit.

a New Yorker article by Ronan Farrow in which six different women accused Moonves of sexual misconduct in incidents going back decades. In December, CBS denied him a $120 million severance package after the board reviewed the findings of an investigation conducted by two law firms hired by the network.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterBrightcove Inc. has named former ViacomCBS exec Marc DeBevoise chief executive officer and board director of the software company and video platform.Previously chief digital officer of ViacomCBS and CEO and president of CBS Interactive, DeBevoise will begin his tenure as Brightcove CEO on March 28.

Argus Capital Corp., the SPAC being run by former CBS executives Joe Ianniello and Marc DeBevoise, has set its IPO pricing. Offering 26,500,000 units to the public at $10 apiece, Argus aims to raise $265 million to acquire businesses in the “tech-driven media landscape.”Starting Wednesday, the special-purpose acquisition company’s IPO units are being listed on the NASDAQ under ARGUU.

Argus Capital Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company created by former CBS CEO Joe Ianniello, head of CBS Interactive Marc DeBevoise and other CBS alums, has gone public.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorArgus Capital Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle backed by Joe Ianniello and other former CBS Corp.

Former longtime CBS executive Joseph Ianniello has launched a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, with a handful of former colleagues to scout for acquisitions in media, entertainment and sports.

ViacomCBS disclosed the compensation for its top executives, in its first proxy filing since merging the two Redstone family-controlled companies last year. CEO Bob Bakish received $8.3 million after the close of the merger Dec.

By Cynthia Littleton

Longtime CBS communications guru Dana McClintock will leave ViacomCBS mid-year. Serving as CBS Corp.

CBS chief creative officer David Nevins expects a “natural transition” over the next few months as George Cheeks takes over as president and CEO of CBS Entertainment Group and outgoing acting CEO Joe Ianniello departs the company.

NBCUniversal alum George Cheeks is set to take the reins of CBS as longtime CBS corporate leader Joe Ianniello departs after 22 years with the company.

When ViacomCBS was formed Dec. 4, some insiders predicted that Joe Ianniello, the CBS chief executive who was suddenly second fiddle to CEO Bob Bakish, wouldn't be long for the gig. On Jan. 14, those prognostications became more real when it leaked that George Cheeks, the 55-year-old co-chairman at NBC Entertainment, would jump ship to CBS and likely be groomed as Ianniello's successor.

By Dominic Patten

George Cheeks, vice chairman of NBCUniversal Content Studios, has stepped down after nearly eight years with the company and is poised to join ViacomCBS as a successor to Joe Ianniello as the head of CBS’ operations within the newly merged company, sources familiar with the situation tell Variety.