including about how much moonves is going to be paid on the way out the door. normally he would have been paid well over $100 million if he had just been forced out one day. but because of the allegations against him, it s going to be a much more complicated and legal conversation. now moonves has admit today some mistakes in his past, but denies ever abusing his power and he denies what he calls the appalling accusations of assault, of force i believe sex that were detailed in the new yorker story earlier on sunday. all of this, of course, happening at a time of dramatic change in the broadcast business, and now cbs moves into a new era without moonves in charge of the company. much more to come on this, but it is a climatic moment in the me too movement. brian stelter, cnn, new york. serena williams is fighting back against what she says is sexism and double standards in the tennis world. the u.s. open saturday fined the tennis star $17,000 for three
point. it seems clear the new harassment allegations which included allegations of assault, which were more disturbing than the first set of allegations. all of that is a major factor in the sunday night announcement. moonves is one of the most powerful men in tv. one of the highest paid executives in the media business. this is leaving a lot of aftershocks. there will be developments for days to come. including about how much moonves will be paid on the way out the door. normally he would be paid over $100 million if he just been forced out one day. because of the allegations against him, it is a more complicated and legal conversation. moonves has admitted to mistakes in his past, but denies abusing his power and appalling allegations of assault of forcible sex that were detailed in the story on sunday. all of this happening at a time of dramatic change in the broadcast business and now cbs moves into a new era without
aftershocks. there are going to be developments for days to come, including about how much moonves is going to be paid on the way out the door. normally he would have been paid well over $100 million if he had just been forced out one day. but because of the allegations against him, it s going to be a much more complicated and legal conversation. now, moonves has admit today some mistakes in his past, but he denies ever abusing his power and he denies what he calls the appalling accusations of assault, of force i believe sib detailed in the new yorker sunday. all of this happening at a time of dramatic change in the broadcast business, and now cbs moves into a new era without moonves in charge of the company. much more to come on this, but it is a climatic moment in the me too movement. brian stelter, cnn, new york. serena williams is fighting back against what she says is sexism and double standards in the tennis world. the u.s. open has fined which
one of the highest paid executives in the media business. this is leaving a lot of aftershocks. there will be developments for days to come. including about how much moonves will be paid on the way out the door. normally he would be paid over $100 million if he just been forced out one day. because of the allegations against him, it is a more complicated and legal conversation. moonves has admitted to mistakes in his past, but denies abusing his power and appalling allegations of assault of forcible sex that were detailed in the story on sunday. all of this happening at a time of dramatic change in the broadcast business and now cbs moves into a new era without moonves in charge of the company. more to come on this story, but it is a climactic moment in the me too moment. brian stet stelter brian
wheel. i ve been in the broadcast business for 43 years, 12 different companies, never one time was there any complaint filed against me. reporter: one of his former colleagues tells a different story. o reilly s suggestion that no one complained about his behavior is false. i know because i complained. reporter: megyn kelly wrote an e-mail to fox news executives last year complaining o reilly was shaming women into shutting the hell up. i wrote in part, perhaps he didn t realize the kind of message his criticism sends to young women across this country about how men continue to view the issue of speaking out about sexual harassment. reporter: o reilly spokes to times reporters last week before the article was published. we have physical proof that this is bull [ bleep ]. bull [ bleep ]. okay? so, it s on you if you want to destroy my children further, all right, because it s all crap. reporter: according to the