Way back in November, CBS Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves told investors on an earnings call:
Fast forward to this weekend when the Hollywood Reporter caught up to Moonves at a FUCLA conference:
Yeah, that is not much new, but the point is that CBS still is not going to be partnering with Apple any time soon.
Moonves told a conference audience that he met with Jobs, the late Apple CEO, and heard a pitch for what was billed as a subscription content service, but ultimately he said he wasn’t interested in providing CBS shows or films to the venture.
“I told Steve, ‘You know more than me about 99 percent of things but I know more about the television business,’ ” Moonves said, citing his concerns about providing content to a service that could disrupt CBS’ existing revenue streams. Moonves said Jobs, in characteristic fashion, strongly disagreed with his assessment.
