Source: Viacom in Final Talks for New Studio Chief
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Viacom Inc. is in the final stage of  negotiations to appoint a Hollywood dealmaker who is producer  of the hit television show "The Sopranos" as chief executive of  its Paramount Studios, a source familiar with the matter said  on Monday.
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The union representing Hollywood directors has agreed to open formal contract talks with major film and television studios on Saturday in a move seen as a potential blow to striking screenwriters.
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New Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman reveals his plans for growth.
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eslie Moonves, the co-president of Viacom, yesterday realigned the management of the company&#39;s CBS entertainment division and Paramount television production studio, promising smoother and greater interaction between the two.
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Viacom said it would pay its new chief executive $2 million in salary, as a way to limit cash compensation and tie most of the compensation to the performance of ViacomÂs stock.
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The union representing Hollywood  directors has agreed to open formal contract talks with major  film and television studios on Saturday in a move seen as a  potential blow to striking screenwriters.
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LOS ANGELES  Media conglomerate Viacom is considering entering the video game business and could acquire Midway Games, Viacom chief Sumner Redstone, who owns a controlling stake in Midway, said in a regulatory filing Friday.
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Viacom Inc.'s Infinity radio unit  expects ribald talk show host Howard Stern to remain with the  company through the end of next year when his contract expires,  a senior executive said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Three striking writers have found work with a new-media studio run by a former MTV Networks executive.
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Viacom Inc., a media conglomerate that owns MTV and VH1, said Monday that it was cutting the cash salary and bonuses of its chairman and controlling shareholder, Sumner Redstone, and linking most of his compensation with the performance of the company's stock.
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MTV Networks owner Viacom  Inc. has held exploratory discussions to develop theme parks in  two regions in China that could also include movie  co-production ventures.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday. The agreement puts pressure on striking writers to end their walkout that has lasted more than two months and idled work on dozens of TV shows.
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GUANGZHOU, China  - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.  said on Friday it struck a second Chinese program producing  partnership and could form as many as two others, including a  movie-making tie-up, in the months ahead.
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Former Viacom Inc. president Mel Karmazin held his first conference call with analysts as chief executive of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. yesterday to discuss the company's rising revenue and its 2005 guidance. But the first question he got wasn't about Sirius's financial outlook. It was about a rumor that Sirius was in talks to merge with its rival, District-based XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) Vice Chairman  Shari Redstone may leave the board over a falling out with her  father, Chairman Sumner Redstone, a source familiar with the  matter said on Thursday.
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Jay-Z is in final negotiations to become president of Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam label, a source familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  Â The union representing Hollywood directors said Friday it will begin contract talks Saturday with studios in a move that could affect the ongoing strike by writers.