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Paramount Gets $167M In Settlement Of Suit By CBS Sharehold...Shari Redstone, Directors, Ending Years-Long Merger Litigation
Paramount Global said Friday that, pending court approval, it will receive $167.5 million in settlement of a suit by shareholders of the former CBS Corp. against some of the broadcaster’s forme...
Paramount To Pay $122.5M To Settle 2019 Shareholder Lawsuit Over Viacom-CBS Merger
Paramount Global has agreed to pay $122.5 million to settle a 2019 lawsuit by Viacom shareholders over the company’s 2019 merger with CBS. The settlement was disclosed Friday in an SEC filing. ...
Peter Bart: Sumner Redstone Wanted To Champion Movies, But His Lust For Power Made Him A “Corporate Monster”
From the outset, Sumner Redstone was a curiosity. A cluster of power players 50 years ago were suddenly bidding for control of Hollywood’s revered movie studios. Competition was intense but mos...
https://deadline.com/2023/02/sumner-redstone-legacy-new-book-movie-fan-corporate-monster-1235261920/
Les Moonves Lies, Shari Pushes, Philippe Dauman Falls, Sumn...on’s Girlfriend And Other Tales In New Book On The Redstones
As Paramount Global prepares to report quarterly earnings Thursday, with CEO Bob Bakish presiding and Shari Redstone happily ensconced as non-executive chair, a new book is bringing forth some in...
https://deadline.com/2023/02/sumner-redstone-book-viacom-leslie-moonves-unscripted-1235259811/
Paramount+ Sets ‘Flatshare’ From ‘The Girl Before’ Producer 42 As Third UK Scripted Original
Paramount+ has set Flatshare from London/LA-based The Girl Before production and management firm 42 as its third UK scripted original. Deadline revealed that the six-parter from On the Edge’s R...
Channel 4 Signs Former ITV/Sky/Channel 5 Senior Exec Dawn A...zation Talk; Issues “Industry-First” Disability Guidelines
Channel 4 has signed industry vet Dawn Airey, who has held senior roles with ITV, Channel 5 and Sky, to its board, while issuing industry-first guidelines to producers working with disabled talen...
ViacomCBS International Studios Sets Five First-Look Deals With Underrepresented Talent
Viacom International Studios (VIS) has signed a quintet of first-look deals with emerging British talent as part of a drive to hand more opportunities to diverse creators. Morgan Bailey, Bec Boey...
https://deadline.com/2021/11/vis-sets-first-look-deals-1234881402/
‘Bodyguard’ Star Nina Toussaint-White To Lead Channel 5 Thriller ‘Witness No.3’
Bodyguard star Nina Toussaint-White is to lead a Channel 5 thriller from Deceit producer Story Films. Toussaint-White will play Jodie in Witness No.3, a single mum who runs a hairdressing salon....
https://deadline.com/2021/11/bodyguard-star-channel5-thriller-1234867795/
Nate Parker’s ‘American Skin’ Set For BET+; Spike Lee EP’d Film Debuts Next Week On Streamer
EXCLUSIVE: American Skin is coming to BET+ next week. The Nate Parker directed, penned and starring drama will debut on the ViacomCBS-owned streaming service on April 15, I have learned. This mov...
Netflix “Strongly Disagree” With Ruling In Viacom Executive Poaching Suit, Kind Of – Update
UPDATE, 6:55 PM: Netflix got swiped in court today for swiping one of Viacom’s executives back in 2018, but not as much as expected. Just like in his tentative order of last week, though Judg...
Sumner Redstone’s Mogul Swashbuckling Typified A Bygone Corporate Media Era
The reminders came often from Sumner Redstone, self-made architect of a vast media empire. “Viacom is me,” he once told Fortune magazine. “I’m Viacom. That marriage is eternal, forever.�...
https://deadline.com/2020/08/sumner-redstone-death-ceo-swashbuckling-bygone-era-deals-1203011277/
Sumner Redstone Dies: Giant Of The Media World Was 97
Sumner Redstone, an imposing industry figure who built a business empire including Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS out of a regional chain of movie theaters, has died at the age of 97. Nationa...
https://deadline.com/2020/08/sumner-redstone-dies-1203011088/