The rapprochement seems to be at the core of the turmoil engulfing Viacom in recent weeks, at least according to Shari Redstone's corporate enemies. Last week, Sumner removed Viacom CEO Philippe ...

Media titan Sumner Redstone, who built the company Viacom into a global empire, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 97. Through shrewd investing and strategic deal-making, Redstone ...

But Sumner Redstone was not, even though he remains the chairman emeritus of Viacom and the head of National Amusements, the holding company that controls both Viacom and CBS. Viacom deferred ...

Boston-bred executive built an industry giant with the acquisitions of Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS Corp. Sumner Redstone, a towering figure in media who built his father’s drive-in ...

Sumner Redstone, the hard-charging mogul who parlayed ... of the recently merged ViacomCBS — and previously CBS Corp. and Viacom — who made famous the mantra “content is king.” ...

The 93-year-old mogul Sumner Redstone effectively owns both Viacom and the CBS Corporation. Today, he moved to eject the chairman and CEO of Viacom from its board along with four other members.

Sumner Redstone’s iron-clad control of voting rights in Viacom and CBS Corp. made the question of succession important to shareholders after he became an octogenarian. Shari Redstone faced down ...

Five years after his death, the legacy of Viacom/CBS mogul Sumner Redstone continues to make headlines. His daughter, Shari ...

Redstone controls Viacom and CBS through National Amusements ... “Dauman is protecting Sumner’s estate, not building a business,” Bibb says. In recent years, according to David Miller ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Reuters) — Viacom and CBS Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone, the media mogul who took his father's movie theater chain and built it into an empire that included Paramount ...

Sumner Redstone, a media titan and billionaire who, as chairman of Viacom and National Amusements, drew headlines both for his deal-making as well as his turbulent personal life, died on Tuesday.