Viacom heir apparent Shari Redstone is expected to leave the media conglomerate’s board after a falling out with her volatile chairman father, Sumner Redstone, the Wall Street Journal reports. In anticipation of a pending sale of all or part of the company, Viacom stock traded up 3% this morning.
The Redstone acrimony seems to be the product of disagreements on the future of Viacom’s National Amusements theater chain, which Sumner wanted to spin-off and Shari to invest further in. There is speculation that the younger Redstone may buy National Amusements upon her departure.
Earlier this year, Viacom bought out Sumner’s son Brent’s stake as part of a law suit settlement, suggesting Shari’s parting may be similar.
Despite the reports, Shari’s spokeswoman said she is not leaving the board and remains, “committed and involved.”
Shakeup at Viacom: Is It in Play? [Dealbook]
Shari Redstone Is Expected To Leave Viacom’s Board [WSJ]
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So apparently you guys really can travel into the future since while the article was posted @ 2:26pm, the watch on my wrist, clock on the wall and on my computer all say 2:22.
Please, tell us your secret oh great ones!
Nope. You’re just living in the past.
why fight over it the guy is like 85yo, just wait it out shari!
“…falling out with her volatile chairman father…acrimony seems to be the product of disagreements on the future of Viacom’s National Amusements theater chain … bought out Sumner’s son Brent’s stake as part of a law suit settlement…”
What kind of family is this?
I think you’re forgetting an even more important story. Shari Redstone is borderline do-able, which begs the question, would you fake it for the money?
media family. they are all messed up
shari would be border-line doable after maybe 7 shots of whiskey…the real question is who is the brunette on sumner’s right side? (you know, the one who actually IS doable)
Shari’s not the one with the tits, then?
Oh you only wish I meant the young one…
I know this hick from Vermont named Tom who claims his pops grew up with Sumner and they are homies. Perhaps this hick will be the chosen one.
In the photo, the chick on the reader’s left is one of Sumner’s grandaughters. She is do-able. The woman on the reader’s right is Sheri. No comment.
I am shocked and disappointed that a piece about a spoiled J.A.P. was not written by Bess. I thought she was contractually obligated to do these pieces. I shall assume she is working on a piece involving Jimmy Cayne and adult-sized diapers.
fuck you, asshole. bess is no spoiled j.a.p.
jt you raise an interesting anomoly of modern civilization. Why do you need 3 clocks in your immediate space (especially if they don’t even keep the proper time, but in any case). If I had three crucifixes I carried with me evrywhere I went, people would assume I was a religious nut. What is with the clock worship? Is it coincidental that we are at war with people that don’t have time fetishes?
PS- what’s an autofellatio room? I think I know what autofellatio is. I would try it but the fear of going blind and crippled at the same time is too much. Anyway I can’t quite picture what a room for doing just that would look like. Yes, I’m trailer trash. Is this a city thing like them new bidets?
I only reported the time on the 3 clocks that didn’t require me to actually move my head away from the computer screen…waddya want its been a really, painfully sloooooow summer over here (and I’m out of addy so that doesn’t help)
Kind of sad really.
jt where are you currently working?
I worked for these people for over a decade. None of it surprises me!!