A half-dozen security guards stand watch outside the Vibrato Grill Jazz, a supper club in Los Angeles, as a stream of black SUVs, Bentleys, and Teslas pull up to the valet parking stand. It’s a clear ...

Two days before a summary judgment hearing in a crucial legal fight, a Los Angeles judge indicated his thoughts in a detailed tentative ruling. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Netflix is ...

Viacom stock was rising Monday after the company announced it had reached a deal to keep its channels on DirecTV. The back story. Viacom stock (ticker: VIAB) fell more than 7% last week while the ...

The boardroom battle raging at media company Viacom Inc. has roiled one oft-forgotten contingent: Viacom’s workforce. Over the last six months, Viacom employees at MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, ...

In early September 1999, Viacom and CBS unveiled a roughly $35 billion stock combination — at the time the largest U.S. media deal ever — which was completed in 2000. They then agreed to separate in ...

(NEW YORK) — Viacom Inc and controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone have come to an agreement on terms of a settlement that would result in the departure of Chief Executive Philippe Dauman, two ...

The boards of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. said Tuesday they reached a definitive agreement on their long-awaited merger, which will form a $28 billion entertainment company controlled by the Redstone ...

Viacom Inc. made it official Friday: The owner of the MTV Networks is buying BET Holdings Inc., the nation’s largest African American-owned media company, for about $2.34 billion in stock, plus debt.

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. DirecTV and Viacom played chicken, and the ...

NEW YORK — One of Wall Street’s longest takeover battles ended yesterday in a crescendo of anger, disbelief and disappointment. And that was on the winning side. Officially, Viacom Inc. sounded a ...

Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari reasserted their control of Viacom Thursday night, resolving a crisis gripping the media conglomerate by arranging the departure of their renegade executive ...

CBS and Viacom are again talking about a merger — a media marriage that would accelerate the consolidation of content creators. The resulting merger could have repercussions for TV lovers, whether ...