Viacom Taps Talent Manager for New Studio Chief
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Viacom Inc. on Thursday said it has hired Brad Grey, a veteran Hollywood talent manager and producer of hit cable television series "The Sopranos," as chief executive and chairman of its Paramount Motion Picture Group.
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Gadget maker Sling Media Inc. said it plans to announce on Thursday that it has hired two former MTV Networks executives to head a new interactive programming division.
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Production giant's chief creative officer stepping down.
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The Viacom pop culture division, still struggling with the transition to the digital era, has announced a new lyrics-centric project that will begin rolling out in November.
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NEW YORK -- Mel Karmazin, former president of media conglomerate Viacom Inc. , is joining Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. as chief executive, replacing Joseph Clayton, who is staying on as chairman, the company said yesterday.
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In the latest migration of a  mainstream radio heavyweight to the fledgling satellite  industry, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. SIRI.O on Thursday  named former Viacom Inc. President Mel Karmazin as its chief  executive officer.
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Investors are tuning in to news that the subscription-based programmer has tapped Mel Karmazin, the former Viacom president, to be its new CEO.
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Mel Karmazin, who abruptly quit as president and chief operating officer of Viacom earlier this year after a lengthy power struggle with his boss, resurfaced yesterday as the new chief executive of Sirius Satellite Radio.
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First it was Tom Cruise. Now Viacom CEO Tom Freston is out. But the entertainment mogul's moves are getting mixed reviews in Hollywood
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) on Tuesday said  President and Chief Executive Tom Freston resigned and will be  replaced by Philippe Dauman, a longtime associate of the  company's chairman Sumner Redstone.
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Viacom Inc. VIAb.N on Tuesday said   Chief Executive and President Tom Freston resigned and will be   replaced by Philippe Dauman, a longtime associate of the   company's chairman Sumner Redstone.
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The Viacom chief on the Rather flap and MTV in China
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Entertainment giant NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co. , will announce this week a new, younger chief executive to help it better compete in the digital age, the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported on Sunday.
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The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it expects to announce a new chief executive by next June after a search that will include both inside and outside candidates to replace Michael Eisner, who is retiring in 2006.
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The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it expects to hire a new chief executive by next June after a search that will include both inside and outside candidates to replace Michael Eisner, who is retiring in 2006.
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Viacom Inc. named Joel Hollander chairman and chief executive of its Infinity radio unit to replace John Sykes, who will move on to Viacom's MTV Networks.
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The chief executive of media giant Viacom expressed reservations Thursday about Google's plan to enter YouTube content into a database and give owners the chance to take down the material.Viacom is suing Google for $1 billion over content being used on Google's YouTube Web property without permission. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit event San Francisco, Viacom President/CEO Phillipe Dauman expressed a willingness to work with online media properties but was skeptical of the Google plan, called Video Identification.Dauman said he had an open mind about reaching an agreement and that the announcement of Video Identification was a positive evolution. But it is not enough."I don't think we're quite there" said Dauman. Google, he said, can do things quickly if it wants to, he added. "I guess they haven't wanted to at this point," Dauman said.Google wants a proprietary system that benefits just one company, but the solution has to be a cooperative effort, said Dauman. He added he suspects Viacom at some point in the future will work with Google. The company does have a good relationship with Facebook, he said.Viacom has had its defenders, according to Dauman. "A lot of the technology companies out there welcome what we do," he said. Companies have said it was about time somebody took a stand, Dauman added.Like Google, Viacom has to protect its intellectual property. "I don't see their algorithms being shared openly with competitors," said Dauman."We took a step reluctantly because we had to," he said.Content producers need to be rewarded for what they do, Dauman said. "That nurtures creativity," he said.Viacom was part of a group of media and technology companies, along with vendors like CBS and Microsoft, that detailed Thursday principles intended to enable growth and development of user-generated content online while respecting intellectual property rights.Featured in these principles is implementation of filtering technology to eliminate infringing content; upgrading of technology and cooperation in technology implementation, and development of procedures to address claims that content was blocked in error. Removal of content also is addressed.Google was not a party to Thursday's announcement.