Despite his 26 years in a traditional media job, ultimately rising to CEO of what was then Viacom, Tom Freston had no ...
Stewart was interviewing Freston on stage at the 92NY in New York, part of an informal reunion among the Viacom cable execs ...
It’s do-or-die time for showbiz pariah Will Smith, sources say — as he desperately tries to resuscitate his battered Hollywood career with a humongous new deal. Now sources tell Globe he’s working ...
In one of Unplugged ’s many digressions, he enlists Freston to take him on a walkabout through Bangkok’s most sordid sex ...
The anti-woke new boss at CBS News would love to secure a right-wing Fox News host to install as the network’s next top ...
After the companies announced their merger in mid-2024, it took until August 2025 for the deal to eventually close, and hence we are nearly 100 days deep into its new corporate life. Of course, the ...
Mr. Belloni, who is 6 foot 4, towers at a party. The vantage point allows him to scan the room, locate the person he wants to talk to, and launch himself in that direction. A former lawyer, he has a ...
As the auction for Warner Bros. Discovery heats up, the company's board modified Zaslav's contract to consider various deal ...
Reps. Jamie Raskin and Frank Pallone say executives at Paramount Skydance aren’t cooperating in their probe of the ...
However, the WBD chairman and shareholder says a Netflix purchase would be "much less disruptive to Hollywood." ...
Comcast and Netflix are joining Paramount in putting bids in for Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a pre-Thanksgiving deadline.
Until recently, David Ellison, with his billionaire father’s support, was seen as the leading contender to buy WBD – the ...