CBS Corp. on Friday detailed which women's advocacy groups would get portions of the $20 million that it had previously said it would be donating as part of its separation agreement with former CEO Leslie Moonves,
Goldman cites the findings of a report by the Women’s Media Center: That television viewers are less likely to see women reporting the news today than just a few years ago.
“At the Big Three networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — combined, men were responsible for reporting 75 percent of the evening news broadcasts over three months in 2016, while women were responsible for reporting only 25 percent — a drop from 32 percent two years earlier.”
Hollywood assumed for years that girls were apathetic about superhero fare while boys might be alienated by female leads. A recent study conducted by Women’s Media Center and BBC America found that those assumptions are no longer the case. The study found an avid interest among girls with 85% expressing interest in seeing more female superheroes and science fiction protagonists. The study also showed a sizable majority of boys (69%) were also interested in seeing more women in those roles.
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