Earlier today the board of Viacom voted to promote CEO Philippe Dauman to executive chairman of the media company that includes MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount. This move was in direct contradiction ...

At stake (besides the Viacom/CBS empire): The power of physicians and courts. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The 91-year-old Viacom and CBS chairman has a rather optimistic outlook of ...

For the Redstone clan, the end with Paramount Pictures came much as it began 31 years ago – victory achieved after a long, bitter and highly public fight over a Hollywood institution. This time around ...

Who will control Viacom and CBS when Sumner Redstone passes? Will Viacom CEO Philippe Daumann muscle Redstone’s daughter Shari out of the way to take Sumner’s place as Chairman? How much influence do ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle over the fortune of ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone has taken another turn. Lawyers for Redstone are seeking to remove two members of the board of the trust that will ...

A struggle over a $40 billion media empire has erupted into a full-blown crisis. The 93-year-old mogul Sumner Redstone effectively owns both Viacom and the CBS Corporation. Today, he moved to eject ...

Viacom Inc., the media company that owns Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV, has decided to stop paying the salary of chairman emeritus Sumner Redstone, according to a person ...

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The latest hearing in the legal war between Shari Redstone and Leslie Moonves hints at arguments coming at an October trial. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Redstone was born in a Boston ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Even as a Los Angeles judge dismissed one case brought by a former girlfriend of media mogul Sumner Redstone, she filed a new lawsuit that threatens to keep salacious ...