Then billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone bought Viacom in 1987, Paramount in 1994 and finally merged with CBS in 1999. The two companies agreed to split again in 2005. Two years ago ...

Viacom, which acquired Blockbuster in 1994 for $6.7 billion, said it would give shareholders a premium of as much as 19% for trading in Viacom shares for those of the video retailer. The ...

Viacom may write down goodwill from its $8-billion purchase of Blockbuster in 1994 and its $50-billion acquisition of CBS two years ago, analysts said. Under the new rules, Viacom no longer must ...

Viacom acquired Blockbuster in 1994 to help finance its bid for Paramount. Including the Blockbuster charge, Viacom reported a net loss of $385.4 million in the fourth quarter, or 22 cents per ...

Billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone, Shari Redstone's father, bought Viacom in 1987, Paramount in 1994 and merged the companies with CBS in 1999. Six years later, CBS and Viacom (with ...

Dauman had been a close friend of Redstone's since the mid-1980s when he served as an adviser for Redstone's hostile takeover of Viacom. In 1994, he became Viacom's senior vice president and ...

Originally founded as Viacom’s network production arm, the shingle launched prior to the conglom’s acquisition of Paramount in 1994. But even after the merger, Viacom Prods. continued as a ...

She had been a member of the company’s board since 1994. The move to break up the company essentially undoes Viacom’s acquisition of CBS Corp., which was announced in 1999. Viacom’s splitup ...

Mr. Redstone sued, forcing Time to settle on terms that he considered favorable. He expanded Viacom vastly in 1994 when he beat out Mr. Diller for control of Paramount. He received word that the ...

Ms. Redstone served on the Board of the former Viacom Inc. since 1994, becoming Vice Chairman in June 2005. She has been President of National Amusements, Inc. since January 2000, and prior to ...

Dolgen was elected Chairman of Viacom Entertainment in 1994, the same year it acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications. Suddenly, he was Sumner Redstone’s Man in Hollywood at a time when ...