Glenn Geller to be promoted as her successor
Nina Tassler, one of the most prominent women in the television industry as CBS entertainment chairman since 2004, said Tuesday she will leave her job at the end of the year to pursue other creative interests.
CBS has been the most-watched television network in prime time during virtually all of her tenure, and just last week completed the transition from David Letterman to Stephen Colbert for its late-night lineup. CBS announced Tuesday that Glenn Geller, one of her top deputies, has been promoted to CBS entertainment president to replace her.
Tassler is the author of a book, "What I Told My Daughters: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women," to be published next April and is also writing a play.
Tassler has ushered in some of television's most popular programs over the past decade, including "The Big Bang Theory," ''The Good Wife" and the "NCIS" franchise. CBS said she will continue with the company as an adviser through at least 2017.
"Nina and I have been colleagues and friends for 25 years," said CBS Corp. Chairman Leslie Moonves, who preceded Tassler as entertainment chief before being picked to run the entire company. "It is one of the proudest partnerships of my professional life."
The two executives worked together at the Warner Bros. TV studio before coming to CBS.
Geller has worked at CBS since 2001, in programming roles at both the network and its associated production studio. Moonves said that when Tassler told him she was ready to leave, "we both knew we had an obvious successor in our own ranks."
Lawsuit Alleges That TikTok Was Aware Of Risks Its Platform Posed To Kids and Teens
TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids' time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in a lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky.
The details are among redacted portions of Kentucky's lawsuit that contains the internal communications and documents unearthed during a more than two year investigation into the company by various states across the country.
Kentucky's lawsuit was filed this week, alongside separate complaints brought forth by attorneys general in a dozen states as well as the District of Columbia. TikTok is also facing another lawsuit from the Department of Justice and is itself suing the Justice Department over a federal law that could ban it in the U.S. by mid-January.
The redacted information — which was inadvertently revealed by Kentucky's attorney general's office and first reported by Kentucky Public Radio — touches on a range of topics, most importantly the extent to which TikTok knew how much time young users were spending on the platform and how sincere it was when rolling out tools aimed at curbing excessive use.
Beyond TikTok use among minors, the complaint alleges the short-form video sharing app has prioritized "beautiful people" on its platform and has noted internally that some of the content-moderation metrics it has publicized are "largely misleading."
The unredacted complaint, which was seen by The Associated Press, was sealed by a Kentucky state judge on Wednesday after state officials filed an emergency motion to seal it.
When reached for comment, TikTok spokesperson Alex Haurek said: "It is highly irresponsible of the Associated Press to... Read More