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Media conglomerate Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, led by new CEO Robert "Bob" Bakish, is said to be considering buying a stake in millennial digital media start-up Vice, according to a New York Post report “Bakish wants to make his mark on the struggling media giant and is out to show his board...

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) is likely have a strategic shift under Tom Dooley, the interim CEO who is expected to succeed Philippe Dauman on a full-time basis by the end of the month. Jefferies examined various strategic options for Viacom and is not expecting any deal to come out of last week's...

Shari Redstone, daughter of the ailing 93-year-old Sumner Redstone, is now in control of her father's media empire, Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB) and will soon need to decide how to proceed. According to a report by Bloomberg, Shari Redstone is considering a move to recombine Viacom...

Sumner Redstone's plan to change five board members at Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) has been put on hold by the Delaware Court. Until the mental competency of 93-year-old Redstone is determined, any decisions regarding the makeup of the board will be postponed, according to a Wall Street Journal...

A new CEO change may be coming to Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB), according to the New York Post. Sumner Redstone, the ailing 92-year whose family controls 80 percent of Viacom's Class A voting shares, recently removed the company's CEO Philippe Dauman and George Abrams, a Viacom board member, from...

Do you want to become a billionaire? What about running a company? Ever wondered if you’d get richer making it to CEO or as a money manager? Well, Benzinga’s got some pointers for you. The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm, recently published a list of the 10 highest-...

Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) has been actively looking for a buyer for its stake in Paramount. After all, the move received the blessing of the company's controlling shareholder, Sumner Redstone. Or so, Viacom's CEO Philippe Dauman thought. It turns out, Dauman misheard Redstone's desires to support...

U.S. stocks rose in the final day of the first quarter as the Fed's boss Janet Yellen said there is still room for the central bank to further boost the economy. Yellen, speaking in Chicago today, said the scars from the Great Recession remain, and reaching our goals will take time." Yellen...

Speculation about so-called over-the-top or streaming cable via the Internet has been around for years. According to some TV-industry experts, it may be about to happen – as early as in 2014. Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) CEO Philippe Dauman started the ball rolling at the UBS media conference in New...

The New York Times has published a list of the 100 highest-paid CEOS at U.S. public companies in 2012. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) chief executive Larry Ellison is far and away the highest paid CEO on the list, as his $96.2 million in 2012 compensation dwarfs every other member on the list. The top ten...