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• What split Freston, Viacom?

  - 2006-09-06

  NEW YORK --For most of his 26 years at Viacom, Tom Freston seemed to be the executive with the golden touch. The marketing whiz responsible for "I want my MTV!" turned a fleet of cable networks into globally recognized brands. He kept his company fresh by cultivating an unfussy culture...

  Tags: MTV, Redstone Plc., Viacom Inc.

• ON THE GO

  - 2005-06-17

  Leon, Masha Forward 06-17-2005 Honoring a Broadcaster and Remembering a Song Master Julie Chen, anchor of CBS News's "The Early Show," served as emcee at the May 19 UJA-Federation of New York Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award Dinner, held at...

  Tags: CBS Corp., MTV, Redstone Plc., Viacom Inc.

• Major media companies may reverse trend of growth

  - 2005-03-21

  NEW YORK -- After many years of getting bigger, major media companies are trying something new: Getting smaller. Viacom Inc., itself the product of many mergers over the past decade, said last week it was planning to split into two separate companies. The breakup would mark the biggest...

  Tags: CBS Corp., MTV, Redstone Plc., Viacom Inc.

• A world of his own.

  - 2005-03-21

  Back in 1996, I was having lunch with Tom Freston. Paramount was about to release the movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, and Freston talked frankly about MTV's often strained relationship with the studio. "So because we're all part of the same...

  Tags: MTV, Redstone Plc., Viacom Inc.

• Will it be CBS vs. MTV?

  - 2004-06-04

  Is a battle between CBS and MTV in the offing -- a battle for control of media giant Viacom? Oh, probably not. But it sounds like a good story, doesn't it? Mel Karmazin, president and CEO of media giant Viacom, resigned earlier this week. As a...

  Tags: CBS Corp., MTV, Redstone Plc., Viacom Inc.

• Viacom president quits after feud with Redstone

  - 2004-06-02

  THE SIMMERING tension at the top of Viacom, the American media giant and owner of MTV and CBS, has finally been relieved with news that Mel Karmazin, its president and chief operating officer since 2000, is to stand down. The departure of Mr Karmazin, confirmed yesterday, will...

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• Daily News, New York, Media Column.

  - 2003-03-27

  By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 27--There's not much to laugh about at the Cartoon Network. While media watchers are fixated on the woes of cable news titan CNN, another Ted Turner jewel has...

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• 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)

  - 2002-08-12

  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,...

  Tags: MTV, Redstone Plc., Viacom Inc.