Your Monday News Briefing: Les Moonves, Serena Williams, Hurricane Florence - News Summed Up

Your Monday News Briefing: Les Moonves, Serena Williams, Hurricane Florence


Good morning. Here’s what you need to know:Leslie Moonves steps down• The longtime chief executive of the CBS Corporation quit on Sunday, just hours after The New Yorker published an article detailing accusations by six more women of sexual misconduct, which he denied. The network said it would donate $20 million to one or more organizations that support equality for women in the workplace, to be deducted from any severance Mr. Moonves might get, depending on the results of an internal inquiry. • Mr. Moonves is the latest high-powered entertainment figure to be ousted in the #MeToo era. He had been under intense pressure since July, when The New Yorker published a first article by Ronan Farrow in which six women accused Mr. Moonves of sexual harassment and misconduct.


Source: New York Times September 10, 2018 09:33 UTC



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