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- Paying for Performance.(human resource management at Viacom Inc.)
- By Mike Farrell Redstone Package Tied More Closely To Viacom Stock After weathering criticism for reaping lavish pay packages while its stock languished, Viacom Inc. said last Monday that it has revised chairman Sumner Redstone's compens...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- Viacom deal spotlights Redstone's trading. (Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone)
- Viacom Inc.'s planned acquisition of Paramount Communications Inc. is again calling attention to Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone's heavy purchasing of his own company's stock, which has some Wall Streeters worried about the effect of his actions on Viacom Inc.'s planned acquisition of Paramount Communications...
- Research articles 1993-09-20
- Redstone gets defensive over stock slump. (Viacom Inc. CEO Sumner Redstone)
- Boston - In the face of a steep slump in Viacom Inc.'s stock price, Sumner Redstone defended his company's performance and predicted that the media giant's results would turn around by the end of the year. Wall Street anxiety over Viacom's operat ...
- Research articles 1996-07-22
- 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
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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
- Viacom, Redstone buy back stock.(National Amusements Inc., Sumner Redstone)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK--Viacom took a major step last week toward trying to boost investor confidence and its sagging stock price. Viacom and its parent, the Sumner Redstone-controlled National Amusements Inc., will buy up to $250 million worth of Viacom stock ( NEW YORK--Viacom took a...
- Research articles 1996-09-09
- Sumner scores split decision: Viacom board OKs spinoff.(Sumner Redstone)
- The Viacom board unanimously voted Tuesday to carve two companies out of Sumner Redstone's kingdom, which ultimately failed to realize consolidation's great promise that bigger is better. An upbeat Redstone heralded the move--which gives Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves their own...
- Research articles 2005-06-15
- 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 takes stox over cash.(salary of Sumner M. Redstone)
- Viacom is cutting chairman Sumner Redstone's cash salary and bonus, but paying him more in stock options linked to Viacom's share price. A new employment agreement between Redstone and the company he owns aligns his pay more closely with the interests...
- Research articles 2006-09-26
- Redstone Takes Pay Cut (Multichannel News)
- CBS chairman Sumner Redstone restructured his annual compensation package last week, slashing his annual bonus by nearly one-half and tying additional payments to the performance of CBS stock. CBS chairman Sumner Redstone restructured his annual compensation package last week, slashing his annual bonus by nearly...
- Research articles 2007-03-19
- Redstone Family Clash: How Will It Affect Viacom and CBS?
- Julia Boorstin submits: The Redstone family just can't seem to get along. Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Viacom VIA and CBS Corp. CBS is once again battling with his daughter Shari Redstone, CEO of privately held National Amusements. The father and daughter have long clashed. He controls 80 percent...
- External links 2008-10-17
- Redstone's Viacom bet is looking dicier.(Tuning In)(Sumner M. Redstone)(Column)
- AS A GENERAL RULE, it's unwise to undertake important actions when angry, drunk or frustrated. This is one reason I never answer email after attending UCLA football games when I am usually a little of all three and seldom carouse in Malibu. ...
- Research articles 2006-08-09
- Redstone Selling Nearly $1 Billion In Viacom, CBS Stock
- That was then, this is now. After the “forced” sales of $233 million in Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and CBS shares sent the stocks into a spiral last October, Sumner Redstone promised that National Amusement “has no intention of selling a single share of Viacom or CBS stock.” But he...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Viacom Impacted by Redstone Family Debt Negotiations
- Sumner Redstone is the majority owner of Viacom VIA. Last month Redstone sold US$233 million of VIA shares. VIA appears to be well and truly caught in the current negotiations between Redstone family interests and creditors. What does this mean for the current valuation of VIA? ...
- External links 2008-11-25
- 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 stock slides further after ouster.
- Those hoping for a financial rebound were disappointed Wednesday as Viacom stock slumped for the second day running, following the ouster of Tom Freston and the dawn of the Philippe Dauman regime. Shares fell 2.2% to $32.20, following a 5,4% dip the...
- Research articles 2006-09-07
- Redstone's Midway play zaps shorts.(News)
- Byline: JEREMY MULLMAN Media magnate Sumner Redstone's disclosure last week that he might try to take over Chicago-based Midway Games Inc. was bad news for short-sellers. As much as 28% of Midway's shares have been sold short during the past two...
- Research articles 2004-04-19
- 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
- It's good to be Redstone even when profits decline; Viacom chairman makes more money underperforming than overperforming.(Finance)(Sumner Redstone)
- Byline: aaron elstein By many measures, 2003 was a disappointing year for Viacom Inc. Operating income fell by 21% and its stock price underperformed the S&P 500 and that of most other media companies. Nonetheless, Chairman and Chief Executi Byline: aaron...
- Research articles 2004-06-21
- Taking stock of merger.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- No dates have been set for Viacom and CBS shareholders to vote on the proposed merger, but company sources say those votes will likely take place sometime in December. It's largely pro forma, however, since Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone controls No dates have...
- Research articles 1999-11-22
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