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Shari happened to be in a major power struggle with Moonves over the company’s future: She wanted to re merge Viacom, which is struggling, with CBS, which is doing well.
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Still, it’s not hard to see how her gender was part of the reason Moonves’ camp was fighting so hard.
«The fact that Redstone was female and Moonves, who fetishized mafia culture, was male absolutely contributed to the factions on the board,» canadian goose jacket said Liz Stapp, a professor at the Leeds School of canada goose uk black friday Business at the University of Colorado. «Moonves saw himself as Don Corleone and saw Redstone as threatening his control over the CBS family.»
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It’s no coincidence that other men at CBS have been ousted over sexual misconduct allegations, including news host Charlie Rose and «60 Minutes» executive producer Jeff Fager, who was fired Wednesday.
The CBS board overwhelmingly white, male and elderly is hardly an outlier in corporate America. Men hold nearly 80 percent of the board seats in the S 500. There are still companies without a single woman on their boards, including TiVo and Skechers.
Many board members are handpicked by the company’s chief executive. They’re pals, Stapp said. And they’re not always selected for their oversight and expertise.
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