CBS Has New Programming Officer: David Nevins of Showtime

Showtime CEO David Nevins gets a piece of former Leslie Moonves work at CBS Corporation, the company said Thursday.

Mr. Nevins has been promoted to CBS Content Manager, a new position to oversee network programming, CBS Television Studios, and the CBS All Access streaming service. Nevins will report to Joe Ianniello, Acting Managing Director of CBS Corporation, who replaced Moonves last month.

The company also announced Thursday that Christina Spade, Showtime's chief financial officer, will hold the position at CBS.

Mr Nevins, 52, will retain his current position at Showtime, the premium cable channel owned by CBS, with an additional title: President.

Mr. Nevins and Ms. Spade expand their roles as a result of radical changes at the highest levels of CAS. Mr. Moonves left the company on September 9, a few hours after The New Yorker published his second article detailing the allegations of sexual misconduct brought against him by several women. Mr. Moonves denied the charges.

Mr. Ianniello, Acting Chief of CAS, has no experience in programming, which was one of Mr. Moonves' areas of expertise. With the promotion of Mr. Nevins, Mr. Ianniello tells Wall Street that the network, which is part of a public company, will have a creative side of the company with extensive experience in managing producers and producers. communication with Hollywood.

Mr. Moonves has been heavily involved in building network alignments and many executives in the company have been working with him for years. A few months before his departure, Mr. Moonves had joked during a presentation to advertisers that he was the only boss Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment, had ever had, "except when he mowed his father's lawn. "