Jessica Toonkel
By Jessica Toonkel
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Breaking News Viacom Turmoil Continues As Paramount CEO Said To Depart
Brad Grey, the chairman and chief executive officer of Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures film studio is expected to leave with an announcement coming as early as next week, according to two sources familiar with the situation. Grey’s departure from the studio, which he has headed for 12 years, comes after years of underperformance, producing box…
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Breaking News A Jewish Mogul’s Legacy: Sumner Redstone Took Risks — and Banned Tom Cruise
Sumner Redstone was the mogul who never wanted to retire. For years he held on to his media empire with the same tenacity he used in clinging to the windowsill of a burning hotel in 1979. But Redstone, who celebrated his 92nd birthday last May with a party thrown by his girlfriends at the time,…
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