Viacom Tabs Taub

CBS executive vice president and chief financial officer Bruce Taub has added the newly created position of executive VP of operations at parent Viacom Inc.

Taub, who will keep his CBS posts, will be involved in setting development and financial objectives and helping to identify key operational and strategic issues for the Viacom divisions overseen by Viacom co-president and co-chief operating officer Leslie Moonves.

These include CBS, UPN, King World Productions, Paramount Television, Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount International Television, Infinity Broadcasting Corp., the Viacom Television Stations Group and Viacom Outdoor.