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Re: SteveKiev post# 232251

Saturday, 03/18/2006 10:11:55 PM

Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:11:55 PM

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Sumner is an interesting person....a bit of his history...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1176417/news

"Feud Erupts in Redstone Family
14 February 2006 (StudioBriefing)
The son of Viacom and CBS Chairman Sumner Redstone has filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve National Amusements, the family-owned company that holds 71 percent of the voting shares of both Viacom and CBS."

http://www.surferess.com/CEO/html/sumner_redstone.html

"Sumner Murray Redstone Biography

Sumner Redstone (born 1923) built a multi-billion-dollar media empire starting with a string of movie theatres in the Boston area. After fighting successfully for ownership of a little-known cable TV company, Viacom, in 1987, Redstone went on to build Viacom into a personal kingdom that controlled MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, TV Land, Comedy Central, UPN, TNN, Country Music Television, Showtime/TMC, CBS, Paramount Pictures, Simon & Schuster, Blockbuster, Infinity Broadcasting, and Paramount Parks. In 2002, Redstone's personal fortune was valued at $9 billion."

http://www.bookrags.com/biography-sumner-murray-redstone/index.html


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