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- As cable biz grows up, Viacom slows down; MTV owner faces Internet competition; DreamWorks gains.(market shares)
- Byline: Tom Fredrickson Last week, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone sacked fast-falling superstar Tom Cruise. Given the disappointing performance turned in by Viacom's shares, maybe Mr. Redstone should also have ousted SpongeBob SquarePants, the st Byline: Tom Fredrickson Last week, Viacom...
- Research articles 2006-08-28
- MTV Gains Fuel Profit at Viacom.(2nd quarter gains at cable networks)
- Double-digit gains at its cable networks helped to send Viacom Inc.'s second-quarter results "sharply" higher, according to the company. Leading the pack was MTV Networks, which reported a 22 percent quarterly increase in revenue to Double-digit gains at...
- Research articles 1999-07-26
- Taking off the gloves: it's Redstone vs. Malone. (Sumner Redstone; John Malone)
- Now things are getting ugly. In a dramatic move to keep alive his bid for Paramount Communications, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone has leveled anti-trust charges against the man generally recognized as the most powerful player in the cable industr Now things are getting ugly....
- Research articles 1993-09-27
- Redstone Doesn't Fret Over Powerlul MSOs.(Brief Article)
- LAS VEGAS -- Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone last week said that he no longer fears MSO consolidation as a possible barrier to distribution of his popular cable networks over cable systems. Redstone used to rail against Tele-Communication LAS...
- Research articles 2000-04-17
- Content remains king, Redstone tells advertisers. (Viacom Chmn. Sumner Redstone)
- New York - Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone and Turner Entertainment president Scott Sassa told Madison Avenue last week that despite the revolution sweeping the media landscape, programming content rather than technology will remain the key to r New York - Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone...
- Research articles 1995-04-03
- ViaSlow vs. ViaGrow: Sumner Redstone fine-tunes his plan to split Viacom.(MONEY TALKS)
- As Viacom divvies up its assets into two companies, a single piece has turned up as foster child: Showtime Networks Inc. Why is Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone taking billion-dollar cable network Showtime from cable czar Tom Freston and handing it ...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- Pumped Viacom: We'd Buy Cable Nets.(third quarter 1998 results, acquisition strategy)
- NEW YORK -- Viacom Inc.'s crown jewels are its cable networks, and chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone would like to expand the company's collection. Redstone, who discussed third-quarter results with reporters and analysts last Wednesday, said NEW...
- Research articles 1998-11-09
Additional Resources
- Redstone, Biondi both confident about TOPS. (Sumner Redstone and Frank Biondi of Viacom Inc.; Total Optimization of Premium Services plan) (interview)
- Redstone, Biondi Both Confident About TOPS Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone likes to boast that his company is such a force in entertainment that on any given day, newspapers list more than 200 hours of programming supplied by Viacom's cable Redstone,...
- Research articles 1991-03-25
- Redstone eager to sell cable assets. (Viacom-Paramount Chairman Sumner Redstone) (Brief Article)
- Viacom-Paramount Chairman Sumner Redstone wants out of the cable TV distribution business because the industry is "highly regulated and subject to the onslaught of competition." "There's room for the big operators," such as Tele-Communications Inc. and Time Warner, said Redstone, who...
- Research articles 1994-10-24
- Redstone climbs the Great Wall: Viacom topper makes hopeful Pacific overtures. (MTV International at 15).(Sumner Redstone travels to China to work on gaining business there)(Brief Article)
- SHANGHAI Viacom Inc.'s chairman and chief exec, Sumner Redstone, flew to Beijing at the end of July to shake some hands and open a few doors. Children's TV is taking off in China, where domestic cable and satellite networks are cultivating the next generation of viewers,...
- Research articles 2002-08-12
- The price of mogulmania. (Sumner Redstone's and Barry Diller's overpriced bids for Paramount) (Editorial)
- Redstone's and Diller's bids for Paramount, now around $10 billion, have become an exercise in egomania. They believe Paramount's programming will put them in control in the 500-channel environment, but serious competition will spring up from non-traditional programming."AND so the screw turns again." Thus Barry Diller, old Hollywood hand...
- Research articles 1994-01-29
- Hostetter ranked as cable's newest billionaire. (Amos Hostetter, chairman of Continental Cablevision Inc.)
- Amos Hostetter came out the big winner among the cable tycoons on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest individuals, while Charles Dolan and Sumner Redstone were big losers. Hostetter, chairman of Continental Cablevision Inc., joined the ranks of the nation's billionaires because of his...
- Research articles 1996-10-07
- Ted Turner's New Film Studio Empire is a Hollywood Major Player. (Originated from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution)
- ATLANTA--Mar. 14--Here's the scene: It's winter on Wall Street and the speculation is as heavy as the snowfall. Entertainment moguls Barry Diller and Sumner Redstone are vying for Paramount Communications, driving up the price for this struggling Hollywood studio to $10 billion Meanwhile, 3,000 miles...
- Research articles 1994-03-13
- Redstone's daughter gets Viacom board job
- Shari Redstone, the daughter of the octogenarian media mogul Sumner Redstone, is set to be appointed vice-chairman of her father's company, Viacom, at board meeting next week. The move marks the growing prominence of Ms Redstone within the New York- based media company, whose assets include the...
- Research articles 2005-06-10
- Sumner-Mel feud settled —for now
- The board of directors of Viacom--owner of some of the strongest cable networks, including MTV, the National Network and Black Entertainment Television--held a special meeting last Wednesday to iron out what is reported to be an increasingly contentious relationship between its strong-willed chairman, Sumner Redstone, and its equally forceful president/chief...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Viacom Shuffle: Redstone's Search for Youth
- In ousting Tom Freston, Viacom mogul Sumner Redstone may have been driven by more than just lost faith in the longtime exec who successfully expanded cable's MTV into a global juggernaut. At 83, the multibillionaire Redstone is a self-avowed "stud" whose wife No. 2 is four decades younger. He brags...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- Decision Near on Viacom Split; Redstone Says Directors Will Reach Conclusion by End of June.(Deals)
- Byline: Jay Sherman Viacom's board of directors continues to mull over a proposed split of the media giant, and has committed to making a decision by the end of June, Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone said last week. "This is a complicated...
- Research articles 2005-05-30
- USA's Diller Pins Redstone in Court
- Sumner Redstone, Mel Karmazin and Vince McMahon may make an unlikely tag team, but they could soon be grappling with Barry Diller over McMahon's World Wrestling Federation. To the victor: the rights to basic cable's perennially top-rated programming. Viacom chairman Redstone and USA boss Diller -- who fought...
- Research articles 2000-04-17
- Viacom and Time Warner Reach Deal to Avoid Blackout
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom and Time Warner Cable reached an agreement in principle on Thursday that avoided a blackout that would have prevented more than 13 million U.S. subscribers from seeing popular TV shows like "Dora the Explorer" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." The two sides said...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Redstone mulls the break-up of Viacom
- VIACOM IS considering breaking itself up in a move that could see the US media conglomerate's cable TV and film assets separated from its television and radio arm. Viacom last night admitted it was considering the move as a way of addressing its ailing share price. It...
- Research articles 2005-03-17
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