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Dec 24, 1976 · In making the announcement John D. Backe, who became president of CBS in October, said: “By improving our career management system we will be better able to meet increased requirement for ...
Jan 11, 1979 · In a business rooted in celebrity and caught up in an electronics revolution, John D. Backe, now chief executive officer of CRS as well as president of the $1,5 billion-entertainment and ...
Oct 29, 2015 · Oct. 28, 2015. John D. Backe, a former bomber pilot who rose to become chief executive of CBS, returning it to first place among prime-time television viewers in the late 1970s before being ousted ...
John David Backe (July 5, 1932 – October 22, 2015) was an American television executive who served as the President and CEO of CBS from 1977 until 1980. [1] Previously a bomber pilot, Backe helped CBS return to number 1 in the late 1970s before being ousted by CBS' founder, William S. Paley. [2] He died on October 22,2015, from heart failure.
Trimming $30 million from the news division budget, Tisch tried to reduce programming costs, cut hundreds of jobs, and sold a number of CBS publishing concerns. He also sold CBS Records to the Sony Corporation in 1987 for $2 billion, even though the subsidiary, which boasted such top stars as Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen, had been a perennial moneymaker for the company.
Nov 1, 2015 · John D. Backe, 83, of Gladwyne, the CBS chief executive who led the network to reclaim its top prime-time TV ranking in the 1970s, only to be forced out in a power struggle, died Thursday, Oct. 22, of heart failure at Waverly Heights. Mr. Backe took the reins of CBS in 1976 and began making marketing and technological changes designed to ...
Oct 28, 2015 · October 28, 2015 9:06pm. John D. Backe, the CBS chief executive who helped the network return to number one in the late ‘ 70s before being memorably ousted by the founder William Paley, has died ...
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