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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

The other media baron who inspired Succession – more toxic and dysfunctional than Logan Roy

When Sumner Redstone and Rupert Murdoch were asked about their succession plans, both had joked they didn’t plan to die.

The New Daily

Sumner Redstone: the other media baron who inspired Succession was more toxic and dysfunctional than Logan Roy

Just before the third season of the hit HBO television show Succession began, the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, was asked (again) what it was about real-life media tycoons Sumner Redstone and Rupert Murdoch that drove him to create a TV series about a fictional media family that bore some resemblances…

The Conversation

Meet the real-life mogul clans who put the Succession stars in the shade

The hit series satirising a billionaire media family is toned-down compared with the true stories of the Murdochs and Redstones

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Never mind the lies on Fox News: Rupert’s getting married again. Just be happy for him

I worry that the fuss about fraudulent election claims will overshadow the real story. It’s love at fifth sight, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Paramount to pay $122.5 million to settle lawsuit over CBS deal

Paramount Global has agreed to pay $122.5 million to settle a 3-year-old lawsuit brought by several large investment funds that believed the company pushed through the 2019 merger of Viacom and CBS at the expense of minority shareholders.

Los Angeles Times

A new book on the Redstone saga is a real page-turner

Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire is clearly made for TV.

Fortune

Sumner Redstone: book reveals media mogul’s ‘astonishing saga of sex, lies and betrayal’

New account details just how awful, shocking and abusive that culture was at one of America’s biggest media empires

The Guardian - US

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Frank Biondi ran Viacom and built Nickelodeon, and now his daughter is helping to tell his story

LOS ANGELES -- In an industry teeming with publicity-hungry executives, the late Frank Biondi stood apart. An architect of modern-day Hollywood, he quietly shaped media companies into creative powerhouses.

Los Angeles Times

Sumner Redstone's heiress granddaughter is sued, accused of defaming former assistant

A former assistant to billionaire heiress Keryn Redstone sued his former employer Wednesday, alleging that during a 10-day Adderall binge she defamed him by falsely accusing him of threatening her with a gun and stealing money from her.

Los Angeles Times

ViacomCBS renamed Paramount in a nod to its past and streaming future

ViacomCBS has renamed itself Paramount in a nod to the company's historic moviemaking past — and its streaming future.

Los Angeles Times

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