At his peak at the turn of the century, he controlled Viacom; Paramount Pictures ... “King Lear” and “Weekend at Bernie’s,” the 1989 movie comedy about two scamps who prop up a cadaver ...

Viacom began life as a child company of CBS which ... Inc. after Gulf+Western rebranded itself with that name in 1989 (this ViacomCBS name change is not the first time a company has changed ...

Viacom’s entertainment cable networks — including Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land — will air the Jerry Seinfeld-led comedy, which originally aired from 1989-1998 on NBC.

NAI's ownership of Viacom declined from an 83% stake in 1989 to 11% after the CBS acquisition. But his voting control held steady at 80% or so. Redstone split Viacom up into Viacom and CBS in 2006.

Later in 1989, Viacom International launched Viacom Pictures with Schneier at the helm as president and CEO. Among the titles he was involved in producing were “Paris Trout,” “Taking the ...

Viacom Inc. is urging a judge to expedite legal proceedings in Delaware because of the fragile health of media mogul Sumner Redstone and because any delay could hamper the company’s efforts to ...

Viacom transformed itself from a cable and theater company into an entertainment colossus. One of Biondi’s first moves was to install Tom Freston as head of MTV Networks. In 1989, HBO announced ...

In a 1989 profile, media executive Barry Diller ... In 1987 he took over Viacom Pictures and became chairman of the board. Seven years later he won a bidding war for Paramount Communications ...

Frank Biondi Jr. was never a flashy CEO. He rarely stood in the spotlight at the media companies he led. But Biondi, who died Nov. 25 at age 74, was a hugely influential figure for a generation of ...

Nick Cannon posted a lengthy and impassioned message on his verified Facebook page Wednesday slamming his longtime employer ViacomCBS after the company fired him for failing "to acknowledge or ...

Viacom shareholders were counting on the band getting back together, but the Redstone reunion tour isn’t happening after all. National Amusements, the controlling shareholder at both CBS and ...

Time Warner declined to comment. A rep for Viacom could not be reached for comment late Wednesday. Launched in 1989, Telefe is Argentina’s largest commercial broadcast network. It also has a ...