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- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Viacom's split from CBS marks a trend away from mergers to promote financial flexibility, not size. * The industry's capital structure needs to change in order for media conglomerations to reach the full...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- At long last: Viacom Paramount. (merger deal almost complete)
- Five months and over $1 billion later, Sumner Redstone has won the fight for Paramount. The tenacity credited to the Viacom chairman was clearly in evidence in the final weeks of battle. Redstone was willing to add more to Viacom's bid than QVC Ch ...
- Research articles 1994-02-21
- 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
- Double your pleasure: Viacom chairman Redstone explain his plan to split up an empire.(Cover Story)
- In a King Solomon-like answer to critics that Viacom has become too big to grow, Chairman Sumner Redstone has proposed cleaving it in half. On the surface, the move would appear to reverse the last decade of deal-making--including the CBS and ...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
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- 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
- 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
- Redstone buys midway.(Vidgames)(Sumner Redstone's National Amusements to acquire Midway Games)(Brief Article)
- Sumner Redstone's National Amusements revealed its intentions to acquire vidgame publisher Midway Games in an SEC filing last week. Midway, best known for "Mortal Kombat" and "NBA Bailers," will not be owned by Viacom. However, with Redstone in charge of both companies, direct access to Paramount...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- Redstone's red zone: as Par ramps up, Viacom could shed other assets.(Sumner Redstone, Paramount Motion Picture )
- A resolute and sometimes feisty Sumner Redstone downplayed Viacom's staggering $18.4 billion loss last quarter when addressing investors Monday, vowing that the company will shed assets and reclaim the throne of fastest-growing media titan. Turning up at the Bear Stearns 18th annual...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Where to be and what to watch...(Calendar)
- By Michael Malone Monday, Nov. 20 A pair of Hiltons --not those Hiltons--are hopping with industry types today. Out L.A. way, it's the Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic 's Annual Dinner Gala at the Beverly Hilton,...
- Research articles 2006-11-20
- 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
- Another fine mess: Paramount, et al. (Paramount Communications Inc. merger battle)
- Viacom Inc pres Sumner Redstone engineered a fresh bid for Paramount Communications Inc with cash obtained from Viacom's friendly takeover of Blockbuster Entertainment. The move will help Blockbuster continue to diversify and allow Redstone to keep chasinViacom Inc pres Sumner Redstone engineered a fresh bid for Paramount Communications Inc with...
- Research articles 1994-01-15
- Frisky business: Redstone ignites war of the words.(Sumner M. Redstone)(Brief article)
- The 14-year Tom Cruise-Paramount relationship has ended on a note of anger and outrage. Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, say they have raised a revolving fund of $100 million from two hedge funds and are striking out on their...
- Research articles 2006-08-23
- When Sumner met Marty: Viacom and Paramount. (Sumner Redstone, Martin Davis)
- Viacom Inc has announced that it will acquire Paramount Communications for around $8 billion in cash and stock to form the world's fifth-largest media firm. The deal could yet become undone by rival bidders now that an accepted price is on the table. Viacom Inc has announced that it will...
- Research articles 1993-09-18
- Synergy crisis. (planned merger of Paramount Communications Inc. and Viacom Inc.) (Editorial)
- The New York Times got it exactly right when, on the eve of the recent media mega-mesh of Paramount Communications Inc. and Viacom Inc., it ran a picture of Sumner Redstone and Martin Davis above a caption reversing their identifications. Moguls like Redstone and Davis have ...
- Research articles 1993-10-04
- Cruise not of Paramount importance
- Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures are parting ways, and the split, announced Tuesday, has turned unusually bitter. Telephones at the major studios were ringing off the hook Tuesday after Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone told The Wall Street Journal that his company's Paramount Pictures unit is ending its 14-year relationship...
- Research articles 2006-08-23
- Cruise and Redstone reconcile for 'MI:4'
- Also attending the L.A. premiere: Sumner Redstone, CEO of Paramount's parent company, Viacom. This week, Redstone announced that he'll reteam with Tom Cruise to produce Mission: Impossible 4. The two had a falling out after MI:III's disappointing box-office performance, which Redstone blamed in part on Cruise's...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- 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 and His Discontent
- Short of saying "you'll never work in this town again," Sumner Redstone held little back in August when announcing that Paramount Pictures had severed ties with Tom Cruise after a 14-year business relationship. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal , the 83-year-old chairman of Viacom ...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Redstone axes long-serving Viacom chief after row over Cruise
- Sumner Redstone, the octogenarian media mogul, has ousted one of his longest-serving lieutenants, saying that Viacom, the MTV-to- Paramount Pictures conglomerate, needs more entrepreneurial leadership. The outspoken 83-year-old made little attempt to hide his frustration at the progress of Viacom under Tom Freston, who has worked for...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Redstone axes Viacom chief after row over Tom Cruise
- Sumner Redstone, the octogenarian media mogul, has ousted one of his longest-serving lieutenants, saying that Viacom, the MTV-to- Paramount Pictures conglomerate, needs more entrepreneurial leadership. The outspoken 83-year-old made little attempt to hide his frustration at the progress of Viacom under Tom Freston, who has worked for...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
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