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- It's official: Mel's staying at Viacom; but weird contract gives Karmazin a unique parachute. (Corporate Suite).
- Clash with the boss and you can quit--with a multimillion payout. That's the deal Viacom President and COO Mel Karmazin cut last week in exchange for ceding some power to Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone. The deal ends months of speculation about K Clash...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- Viacom execs' feud comes to head.(Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone and president and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin feuding)(Brief Article)
- The much-discussed feud between Viacom Inc. chairman Sumner Redstone and president and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin came to a head last week, with Redstone reportedly telling company directors he would not renew Karmazin's contract when it The much-discussed feud between Viacom Inc....
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Not seeing eye to eye?: Viacom corporate board tells Redstone, Karmazin to play nice. (Top of the Week).(Brief Article)
- Viacom strongly denied a report that Sumner Redstone, the company's chief executive, stood up in a board of directors meeting last week and said that under no circumstances would he renew the contract of Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin, whose Viacom strongly denied...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Redstone fails at succession.(Viewpoint)(Brief Article)
- Sumner Redstone survived, Mel Karmazin didn't, and their uncivil war is over. Now things should calm down. Except Viacom Chairman-CEO Redstone blew it last week by setting up a CEO-succession battle between two executives who have a winning relations Sumner Redstone survived, Mel Karmazin didn't, and...
- Research articles 2004-06-07
- Viacom would be ok without mel: Redstone.(Brief Article)
- Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone told the New York Post last week that "with or without" COO Mel Karmazin, the company would do "just fine." He also said Viacom would thrive without Redstone himself but added that he's no Viacom Chairman and CEO...
- Research articles 2002-07-15
- 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
- At Viacom: Is it buying time again?
- Viacom Inc. sealed a deal to keep president and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin on board for another three years, removing a year-long distraction for the media giant and allowing it to focus on possible cable-network acquisitions. Karma ...
- Research articles 2003-03-24
- BEHIND HYPE: COST CUTS LIKELY AT NEW VIACOM; MERGER CAN YIELD $100 MIL. SAVINGS; CAN KARMAZIN MELD STAID WITH STYLISH?
- Despite assurances from the heads of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. that the mega-media merger announced last week won't produce massive layoffs, the two companies have many overlapping functions that are sure to lead to cutbacks and consolidation. Hu Despite assurances from...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
- Viacom: Flat and happy; As they report earnings, Mel and Sumner try to dispel rumors of a rift. (Top of the Week).(Sumner Redstone, Mel Karmazin)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Wall Street wants to believe. It wants to believe the working relationship between Viacom's top two honchos--Sumner Redstone and Mel Karmazin--is nothing short of wonderful. It wants to believe the ad recovery is just around the corner. And Viacom' Wall Street wants to believe....
- Research articles 2002-02-18
- Everything's in play: Last week's federal court ruling will trigger another round of media consolidation--sooner or later. (Specialreport Mergers & Acquisitions).
- On Aug. 5, 1999, the FCC for the first time agreed to permit a single company to own two television stations in a single market, so-called duopolies. Six days later, CBS Chairman Mel Karmazin visited Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone to talk about wh On...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
Additional Resources
- The new fairness doctrine.(Editorials)(CBS should be criticized for its removal of the miniseries covering the Reagan presidency)
- CBS has a great tradition of editorial independence, some of it celebrated during the network's 75th anniversary gala in New York. Last week, Les Moonves, Mel Karmazin and Sumner Redstone betrayed that tradition. CBS has a great tradition of editorial independence, some...
- Research articles 2003-11-10
- Mel, sumner, Tom: 'Succession plans?'.(Viacom Inc.'s Sumner Redstone and Mel Karmazin)(Brief Article)
- Earlier this year, reports of a clash between Viacom Inc. CEO Sumner Redstone and his chief operating officer and president, Mel Karmazin, made headlines. At issue: How long would Karmazin, whose contract expires at the end of 2003, stay at Viacom...
- Research articles 2002-04-29
- DECODING MEDIA MOGUL TALK.(subtextual analysis of Sumner Redstone and Mel Karmazins' press conference concerning CBS and Viacom merger)
- Watching Sumner Redstone and Mel Karmazin perform at last week's press conference announcing the merger of CBS and Viacom, I couldn't help thinking of the movie Annie Hall. You remember that scene where Woody Allen and Diane Keaton hold a mundane conversation with one another on...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
- Joint Statement of Sumner M. Redstone Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Viacom Inc. and Mel Karmazin President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corp
- Viacom CBS I. INTRODUCTION On September 6, 1999, Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation agreed to combine the two companies in a merger of equals. Sumner Redstone will lead the new company, to be called Viacom, in his continued role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as well...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- 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
- Karmazin leaves in high-level Viacom shakeup
- NEW YORK AFP ? US media giant Viacom shook up its top ranks, announcing that president and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin resigned and Sumner Redstone would give up his chief executive post in three years. Viacom, whose holdings include CBS, MTV and Paramount studios, said Tom Freston and...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- 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
- Karmazin's future still not set: lack of agreement on his status takes a toll on Viacom stock price. (Top of the Week).
- No deal yet between Mel and Sumner. That was the word from the latter--Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone--last Wednesday morning during a conference call to discuss Viacom fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. And the market didn't lik No...
- Research articles 2003-02-17
- Karmazin out as president of Viacom, replaced by Freston, Moonves
- NEW YORK -- Mel Karmazin has resigned as president and chief operating officer of the media giant Viacom Inc. as the company seeks to find a successor for its 81-year-old chairman and CEO, Sumner Redstone. Two senior executives were named to replace Karmazin, MTV boss Tom Freston and...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Redstone Predicts Upn Okay
- Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone said he's optimistic FCC will let combined Viacom/CBS retain 50% ownership of UPN TV Network when Commission approves combining of 2 media companies. Answering questions after PaineWebber Media Conference in N.Y.C., he said "we're generally encouraged by the commissioners' attitudes" when he and CBS CEO...
- Research articles 1999-12-13
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