Shares jumped 8% to $50 as Viacom posted net income of $17 million (Wall Street had figured on break-even) for the second quarter, vs. a loss of $496 million the year before. But the year-ago ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- It would be hard to envision a more bullish media executive than Viacom's chief, Sumner Redstone. Redstone, speaking Monday at the 28th annual PaineWebber Media Conference ...

BET Networks has decided to suspend both its Hip Hop and Soul Train Awards as the streaming era surges -- an act of ...

Consolidation was on the minds of panelists at the Front Row as Sony's Howard Stringer, USA Nets' Barry Diller and Viacom's Mel Karmazin discussed the new biz behemoths. Cooperation was also on ...

Viacom Inc <VIAb.N> Chief Executive Philippe Dauman, who just announced sweeping job cuts at the media company, said he won't abandon the cost-cutting moves even after the economy recovers.

Federal regulators voted yesterday to allow any of the nation's four largest television networks to acquire two smaller rivals, a decision that clears the way for CBS's parent company, Viacom Inc ...

Viacom recently bought the D.C.-based BET Holdings II in a $3 billion deal. "Viacom doesn't want his voice on their network anymore," Joyner told The TV Column late yesterday.

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Viacom President Mel Karmazin said Tuesday that the advertising environment for the nation's third-largest media company will be better in 2001 than it was last year.

Viacom’s Class B shares fell 77 cents to $31.83 at 4:18 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. It’s the lowest close for the shares since September 2001.Time Warner fell 10 cents to $18 ...

Viacom Inc raised $499,615 in the 2001-2002 election cycle. See the details.

Jonathan Dolgen, Longtime Viacom Entertainment Group Chairman, Dies at 78 Sumner Redstone's first big hire after the Paramount acquisition, he enjoyed a fruitful decade-long partnership with ...

NPR's Emily Harris reports that the FCC has voted to allow large TV networks to own smaller ones. The first company to benefit is Viacom which, now that it owns both CBS and UPN, would have faced ...