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...The competing bids are the latest twist in a long-running saga for Redstone, the media scion who in 2020 inherited control of the entertainment conglomerate that her late father Sumner Redstone built from...
...Redstone in 2020 inherited control of the entertainment conglomerate that her late father, Sumner Redstone, built over the past century....
...In some ways the two executives make for an odd pairing — Redstone, the 69-year-old Boston native and daughter of the late Sumner Redstone, is almost three decades older than the youthful, blonde-haired...
...JPMorgan’s vice-chair of investment banking Andy Lipsky and co-head of strategic investor group M&A Haidee Lee are leaving the bank, according to a person familiar with the matter....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Interest rates: Central banks in Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK make interest rate decisions today....
...I’m sure she hasn’t hurt ratings”....
...I’m normally behind the scenes, so I felt really special....
...Other media moguls, from William Randolph Hearst to Viacom’s Sumner Redstone, fought against the dying of their influence over rivals, readers and viewers....
...Redstone, whose life and career only became more bizarre as he aged and family and friends sought to get their hands on his empire....
...In their new book, Unscripted, journalists James B Stewart and Rachael Abrams investigate how CBS and Viacom went off the rails under the leadership of Sumner Redstone, Les Moonves and other executives....
...At the height of his powers, Sumner Redstone was one of the media and entertainment industry’s most formidable executives....
...Billionaire Shari Redstone, who controls Paramount, has also held preliminary talks with Skydance, the production company behind Top Gun: Maverick, run by David Ellison....
...Unscripted (Cornerstone Press/Penguin Press) by James B Stewart and Rachel Abrams makes a worthy bid for Paramount founder Sumner Redstone to be considered Logan-worthy....
...Redstone towards the end of his long, colourful life....
...This year my hot ticket is Unscripted, about the battle for succession at Sumner Redstone’s media empire....
...As media mogul Sumner Redstone’s health deteriorated, he vowed to never relinquish control of his empire. Even into his nineties he would not discuss succession....
...Either way, the FT reports that Shari Redstone, who controls the studio, doesn’t like the Apollo bid. Tough break for the rich guys in suits. Email me: robert.armstrong@ft.com....
...Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire, by James Stewart and Rachel Abrams is the no-holds-barred tale of the brutal succession battle that broke out over media mogul Sumner Redstone’s...
...Redstone has prevailed in the two-decade long saga over who runs the company, fending off two of the most powerful men in Hollywood — disgraced CBS chief Les Moonves and her father, Sumner....
...In Hollywood and on Wall Street, there is debate over whether the media empire built by Sumner Redstone can continue in its present form. Behind this is a family drama fit for the silver screen....
...In 2014, Shari’s father Sumner dismissed his daughter’s prospects as the next chief of the family empire, saying he would “not discuss succession . . . you know why? I’m not going to die.”...
...Simon & Schuster, one of the top five publishers in the US and a prized asset of the late Sumner Redstone, is no longer viewed within ViacomCBS as central to its strategy as the company launches into Hollywood...
...In this new feature, he details how traces of Robert Maxwell, Sumner Redstone, Gina Rinehart and James Packer are in evidence, and how many of the show’s other outrageous twists have parallels in actual...
...“I’m using technology to stop us seeing the world from just our own perspective,” says the artist....
...“I’m not going to die. I’m going to live forever.”...
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