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...Whether or not it was his first choice, the merger plan rings eerily similar to the reunification of media conglomerates CBS and Viacom, worth $13bn today — less than half of the value of the separate groups...
..., New York, April 15 1976; William Paley, chairman, CBS Inc, New York, April 13 1976; Barbara Jordan, US congresswoman (Texas), New York, July 14 1976; Frank Fitzsimmons, president, International Brotherhood...
...In May, it was the subject of a lawsuit from several CBS directors that aimed to limit the family’s power and thwart a merger of CBS and Viacom, the owner of MTV, Paramount and Comedy Central....
...At a Goldman Sachs conference in September, Leslie Moonves, then co-chief operating officer of Viacom, now chief executive of CBS, the broadcast operations that split from Viacom, said: “I wish the F.C.C...
...It will also follow the example of News Corporation and Time Warner by building a presence in Asia....
...Viacom is also distracted by having to fix Paramount, its under- performing studio. Industry rivals, however, question whether the Vivendi deal was a defensive move by a network losing momentum....
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