CBS Interactive

Former CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe to Lead Wal-Mart’s Global Online Commerce Biz

Kara Swisher in Commerce on January 16 at 2:45 pm PT

Can he give the retail giant the oomph it has yet to find online?

CBS Shuffles CNET Editors

Peter Kafka in News on June 17, 2011 at 1:09 pm PT

More management changes at CBS’ digital arm: Veteran editor Dan Farber is once again running CNET News, a position he last held in 2008.

LivingSocial Expects $1 Billion in Revenues in 2011, Adds Former CBS Exec Neil Ashe to Board

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 4, 2011 at 9:32 pm PT

We are hearing that Neil Ashe (pictured right), former president of CBS Interactive, is joining the board of LivingSocial as part of the company’s new mega-round of funding.

TV.com Head Anthony Soohoo Leaves CBS

Peter Kafka in Media on March 9, 2011 at 8:12 am PT

More bodies moving around at CBS’ digital division: Last week, the broadcaster bought Clicker.com for a reported $100 million, and put its CEO Jim Lanzone in charge of CBS Interactive. Today, CBS Interactive entertainment head Anthony Soohoo says he’s leaving.

Neil Ashe Talks About Departure From CBS Interactive

Kara Swisher in News on December 8, 2010 at 4:10 pm PT

After BoomTown broke the news earlier today that CBS Interactive President Neil Ashe was stepping down from his job, we had a little chitchat as to why and what’s next. Apparently, a little breathing of some fresh air.

CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe Stepping Down

Kara Swisher in News on December 8, 2010 at 10:57 am PT

Neil Ashe, president of CBS Interactive, is stepping down from his post. CBS confirmed the move after BoomTown made inquiries recently, after hearing of various executives who had been contacted by the media giant about the position. It is not clear where Ashe is headed, nor who his replacement will be.

BoomTown "Terrorizes" Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable (Video of This and More, of Course)

Kara Swisher in News on March 1, 2010 at 11:15 am PT

Here’s a whole lot of video on a panel on the future of online video that BoomTown moderated last week in San Francisco. It was organized by Andy Plesser, the kingpin of Beet.TV, the online video news site. Plesser moderated the second half of the two-hour (!!!) session, and I did the first hour. One tweet of the event noted: “The Beet.TV just started and @karaswisher is already terrorizing the panelists.” I beg to differ!

Fred Davis to Join CBS's Quincy Smith at New Silicon Valley Boutique Bank Venture

Kara Swisher in News on December 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm PT

Fred Davis, the well-known entertainment and digital media lawyer, will join CBS Interactive head Quincy Smith at a new banking and advisory firm in Silicon Valley, according to several sources. Along with Davis, sources added, Smith is collecting a high-profile group of advisers to the still-unnamed firm, including Danny Rimer of Index Ventures, former Netscape CFO Peter Currie, and David Golden, EVP of former AOL CEO Steve Case’s Revolution LLC.

Exclusive: CBS Digital CEO Smith to Leave to Start a Silicon Valley Advisory Firm (First Customer? CBS)

Kara Swisher in News on October 28, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Quincy Smith, the high-profile CEO of CBS Interactive, is planning on leaving his job at the media giant in January to start an advisory firm in Silicon Valley, according to several sources. But, in an interesting twist, Smith will remain an adviser to CBS under a multiyear contract, sources added, making it his first client. Apparently, Smith will focus intently on authentication issues for the company.

SurveyMonkey's Dave Goldberg Speaks! (Plus a Tour of His New Planet of the Apes Lair in Silicon Valley)

Kara Swisher in News on August 17, 2009 at 6:09 am PT

BoomTown was as surprised as anyone when longtime Silicon Valley Web music entrepreneur Dave Goldberg said in May that his next move was going to be investing in and running an online survey company with the unusual name of SurveyMonkey. Most expected the former Yahoo music head to land at an entertainment or media giant, running its digital operations. But it is at SurveyMonkey where Goldberg has swung himself and he has now made good on his promise to open a Silicon Valley office of the Portland-based start-up.