Sumner Redstone

Sumner M. Redstone, born Sumner Murray Rothstein, May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom.

CBS

The final acquisition came in the form of Viacom's former parent, CBS. Former Viacom President & COO Mel Karmazin (who was then the President of CBS) proposed a merger to Redstone on favorable terms and after the merger completed in 2000, Viacom had some of the most diversified businesses imaginable. Viacom had assets in the form of broadcast networks (CBS and UPN), cable television networks (MTV, Nickelodeon, MTV2, Comedy Central, BET, Nick at Nite, Noggin/The-N, TV Land, CMT, and Spike TV), pay television (Showtime and The Movie Channel), radio (Infinity Broadcasting, which produces Howard Stern and Don Imus' radio shows), outdoor advertising, music publishing (Famous Music), motion pictures (Paramount Pictures), and television production (Spelling Entertainment, Paramount Television, and Big Ticket Entertainment), and King World Productions (a syndication unit, which notably syndicates runaway daytime hit, The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as Dr. Phil, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeoprardy), among others.

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Mel Karmazin - UPN - Cable television network - MTV2 - Comedy Central - BET - Nick at Nite - Noggin - The-N - TV Land - CMT - Spike TV - Pay television - Showtime - The Movie Channel - Radio - Infinity Broadcasting - Howard Stern - Don Imus - Radio show - Outdoor advertising - Music publishing - Famous Music - Paramount Pictures - Television production - Spelling Entertainment - Paramount Television - Big Ticket Entertainment - King World Productions

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