Sumner Redstone tries to block Philippe Dauman's efforts to return to trust
Sumner Redstone is asking a court to derail Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman's efforts to quickly reclaim a seat on a trust that eventually will oversee the mogul's $40-billion media empire....
View ArticleSumner Redstone should undergo an 'immediate medical evaluation,' Viacom CEO...
Lawyers for Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman assert in new court papers that ailing Sumner Redstone should submit to an "immediate medical evaluation" by a neutral doctor to determine the media...
View ArticleSumner Redstone's firm changes Viacom's bylaws, creating a big hurdle for...
Media mogul Sumner Redstone may have dealt a potential death blow to Viacom Inc.'s plan to sell a stake in movie studio Paramount Pictures. Redstone's National Amusements Inc., the controlling...
View ArticleSumner Redstone tries to derail Philippe Dauman's plan to sell Paramount stake
The battle between ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone and his longtime protege Philippe Dauman intensified Monday when the family's holding company moved to block the potential sale of a stake in...
View ArticleViacom CEO says fight with Redstones has slowed the company's Paramount...
Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said the planned sale of a 49% stake in Paramount Pictures has hit a speed bump because of the battle with the company's controlling shareholder, Sumner...
View ArticleBattle for Viacom control flares up; Paramount sale could falter
Battle for control of Viacom flared up with the Sumner Redstone family working to line up prospective new board members, and Viacom executives countering that the clan's recent actions - including...
View ArticleWhy Sumner Redstone's men - Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman - made a...
When it comes to executive compensation, few corporate chieftains have soared to the sky-high levels enjoyed by Sumner Redstone and his top lieutenants, Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman. CBS Corp....
View ArticleSumner Redstone's ex-companion Manuela Herzer asks for new trial in...
Sumner Redstone's former companion, Manuela Herzer, is renewing her legal effort to have Redstone declared mentally incompetent, comparing the ailing 93-year-old billionaire media mogul to the...
View ArticleViacom board members plead for a visit with Sumner Redstone
Sumner Redstone briefly visited his treasured movie studio Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles last week, but Viacom board members say their efforts in recent weeks to meet with the 93-year-old media...
View ArticleSumner Redstone to Viacom board: 'I do not trust you'
In a dramatic move that suggests a major shake-up at media company Viacom Inc. may be imminent, Sumner Redstone said Wednesday that he has lost confidence in his hand-picked board members who oversee...
View ArticleMeet the newly named Viacom board members
The ongoing Sumner Redstone corporate soap opera continued Thursday with the move by mogul and his daughter Shari to unseat five members of Viacom Inc.'s governing board. Viacom Chairman and Chief...
View ArticleSumner Redstone moves to oust CEO Philippe Dauman, others from Viacom board
In a bold stroke, Sumner Redstone and his daughter said they were replacing five members of Viacom Inc.'s governing board, including Viacom Chairman and Chief Executive Philippe Dauman -- a move aimed...
View ArticleViacom employees become casualties of corporate chaos
The boardroom battle raging at media company Viacom Inc. has roiled one oft-forgotten contingent: Viacom's workforce. Over the last six months, Viacom employees at MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon,...
View ArticleSumner Redstone asks Massachusetts judge to dismiss Dauman case
Sumner Redstone's lawyers are asking a probate judge to dismiss a high-stakes lawsuit that challenges the mogul's decision to oust two longtime advisors from their influential roles helping oversee...
View ArticleSumner Redstone's mental competency is key in the Viacom board dispute, judge...
Sumner Redstone's mental capacity will play a key role in the dispute over the media mogul's move to oust five Viacom board members, a Delaware judge said Wednesday. But the judge stopped short of...
View ArticleViacom CEO seeks immediate mental examination of Sumner Redstone
Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman and a fellow director on Thursday demanded an "immediate" mental examination of Sumner Redstone, in the latest move in the war over the 93-year-old media mogul's...
View ArticleViacom CEO pushes for fast-tracked trial in Redstone trust case
Lawyers for Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman on Monday pressed a Massachusetts court to fast-track a trial over his removal from the trust that will control the company. Ninety-three-year-old...
View ArticleSumner Redstone's National Amusements calls on Viacom to stop 'vicious attacks'
Sumner Redstone's investment vehicle stepped up its campaign against Viacom board members who contend that the ailing 93-year-old mogul lacks the capacity to make decisions about his family's media...
View ArticleJudge asks for more information in lawsuit challenging Sumner Redstone's...
A Massachusetts judge on Thursday put off a decision on whether to toss out a lawsuit that challenges the mental competency of mogul Sumner Redstone, keeping alive a contentious fight over the future...
View ArticleViacom still working on sale of a stake in Paramount Pictures
Viacom Inc. is urging a judge to expedite legal proceedings in Delaware because of the fragile health of media mogul Sumner Redstone and because any delay could hamper the company's efforts to raise...
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