Playboy Interview: Leslie Moonves

April, 2005

A candid conversation with Hollywood's top honcho about reviving a dead network, losing Howard Stern and the real story on Dan RatherIn a reality show more dramatic--and with infinitely higher stakes--than anything that runs on his television networks, Leslie Moonves, Viacom co-president and CBS chairman, faces outrageous challenges on a regular basis. He does battle with the Federal Communications Commission when it fines his network $550,000 after Janet Jackson exposes her breast during the ha...

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