CBS Interactive

Key Strategic — And Digitally Inclined — CBS Exec Lurie Departs

Kara Swisher in Media on May 8 at 6:00 am PT

Zander says goodbye to the media giant.

Exclusive: BermanBraun Buys Most of Shelby Bonnie’s Whiskey Media

Kara Swisher in Media on March 15 at 9:30 am PT

Can’t we all just get along? Yes! Hollywood grabs a piece of Silicon Valley content tech.

Near-Record Ratings for the Grammys. CBS Credits the Web.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 13 at 1:31 pm PT

Forty million viewers, up 50 percent from last year. CBS takes a bow, and points to Twitter and Facebook, too.

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!