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- Diller Positioned for Vivendi Asset Bid; Viacom's Mel Karmazin, Liberty and DreamWorks All Likely Interested.(TV Currents)
- Byline: Diane Mermigas In a major round of executive musical chairs last week, Mel Karmazin re-upped as Viacom's chief operating officer and Barry Diller exited as CEO of Vivendi Universal Entertainment. Those two moves could lead to some big ...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- Not so fast, Sumner. (Viacom Inc's chairman Sumner Redstone's announcement that Blockbuster Entertainment's problems have been solved)
- Say this for Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone: He doesn't want for conviction. Barely a year after bringing in CEO John Antioco to stabilize Viacom's wobbling Blockbuster Entertainment unit, Redstone has taken to the press in the past few weeks t Say this for Viacom Inc....
- Research articles 1998-06-29
- Redstone Sells Midway Games For Pittance?And A Massive Tax Writeoff
- Scrambling to restructure National Amusement's $1.6 million debt this month, Sumner Redstone has sold off the company's disastrous 87 percent stake in Midway Games for $100,000 in cash, assumption of debt—and a tax loss of $800 million, WSJ reported. Mark Thomas, described by the Journal as an investor...
- External links 2008-12-01
- Viacom taps retailer for Blockbuster, again; brings in Taco Bell president/CEO to replace Fields as head of video chain. (John Antioco named chairman and chief executive officer of Blockbuster Entertainment)
- Brings in Taco Bell president/CEO to replace Fields as head of video chain For the second time, Viacom Inc. is bringing in a retailing veteran in an effort to revive Blockbuster Entertainment, its ailing video rental chain. ...
- Research articles 1997-06-09
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- VIACOM SPELLS OUT HOW TO KEEP SPELLING IN.(possible purchase by Sumner Redstone of Viacom Inc. of 20% of Aaron Spelling's Spelling Entertainment stock)
- Five years after a corporate marriage brought them together, Aaron Spelling and Sumner Redstone are poised to become family under the same roof. Redstone's Viacom Inc. has made a $162 million offer to buy up the 20% of Spelling Entertainment stock...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- Family peace restored.(Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.)(Sumner Redstone, Viacom)
- The price of family peace can be steep if you're a media mogul. Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone each agreed late last week to fork over hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve squabbling and litigation over the future of their...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- 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
- 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
- Viacom's Sumner Redstone is the richest working media andentertainment mogul in the U.S.
- Viacom's Sumner Redstone is the richest working media and entertainment mogul in the U.S., coming in 15th with $6.4 billion, according to Forbes magazine listing of the 400 richest people in America. News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch followed Redstone Viacom's Sumner Redstone is...
- Research articles 1998-10-05
- Captain Redstone: Viacom mogul sez he's still at the wheel.(Sumner Redstone )
- Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone dispelled any notions that he would be less hands-on in the oversight of his divided empire, while citing the nexus of vidgames and showbiz as "the end game" for an evolving entertainment industry. The 82-year-old mogul made...
- Research articles 2006-01-12
- Redstone OK with Cruise in 4th 'Mission Impossible'
- Entertainment mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday he has no objection to Tom Cruise starring in the next segment of the popular "Mission Impossible" movie series, despite cutting his relationship with the actor in 2006. Redstone -- executive chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. --...
- Research articles 2008-05-07
- 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 $1Billion Sell-Off
- Viacom and CBS chairman Sumner Redstone broke a year-old promise to investors last week when his National Amusements Inc. said it would sell nearly $1 billion of its Viacom and CBS shares, but at the same time removed an albatross that has been hanging on both stocks for some time....
- News items 2009-10-18
- Sumner's insight.(WIDE ANGLE)(Viacom )(Brief Article)
- * Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone thinks that his split Viacom should compete against each other and cites the nexus of videogames and showbiz as "the end game" for an evolving entertainment industry. Redstone made the remarks Jan. 10 at * Viacom chairman Sumner...
- Research articles 2006-01-16
- Blockbuster, studios extend agreements.(Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.)
- Anticipating the growing clout of Blockbuster Video, most major studios have entered into multiyear revenue-sharing agreements with the chain, Sumner Redstone, chairman and CEO of Blockbuster parent company Viacom, said last week. Redstone to Anticipating the growing clout...
- Research articles 1998-11-09
- 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
- Showbiz bullish on the future. (media and entertainment moguls declare optimistic outlook at annual Variety/Schroder Big Picture conference)
- Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone has a message for the doomsayers of the showbiz industry: we're financially fit again and preparing to invade overseas markets. In a keynote address to the annual Variety/Schroder Big Picture conference March 31, Redstone took on the...
- Research articles 1998-04-06
- Redstone warms to all-Vivendi deal. (Viacom Empire).(Sumner Redstone of Viacom)
- The dismantling of Vivendi Universal's U.S. entertainment assets could get a lot more interesting, as Vivendi CEO Rene Fourtou showed new flexibility in selling the properties and an important suitor--Viacom--suddenly indicated that it might be mor The dismantling of Vivendi Universal's U.S. entertainment ...
- Research articles 2003-05-05
- Redstone Wants to Grow (Multichannel News)
- Viacom CEO Hints He'll Take Credit Hit to Buy Nets Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone said last week he might be willing to accept a lower credit rating to gain access to capital for share buybacks or acquisitions -- and he might get that lower...
- Research articles 2005-01-17
- Media toppers take oath on their ledgers. (Book Binding).(executives at entertainment companies certify financial results)(Brief Article)
- Guys like Sumner Redstone and Michael Eisner have been called many things, but humble isn't one of them. But there they were last week, forced by the feds to swear that their books aren't being cooked. By signing on the dotted line...
- Research articles 2002-08-19
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