Right at the end of a 50-minute interview at the UBS investor conference earlier this week, CBS ceo Les Moonves spoke briefly about Simon & Schuster’s recent negotiations with Amazon. Asked, “what’s changing with the new deal?,” Moonves gave a thoroughly non-specific answer: “We’re not allowed to really talk about it; we’ve gotten in trouble with S&S before, but let’s put it this way: I think Carolyn Reidy and her team did a phenomenal job. There clearly was a logjam with Hachette and Amazon and I think we were able to get a place where it’s much more reasonable for […]
