Opening book details…
Can I read The king of content : Sumner Redstone's battle for Viacom, CBS, and everlasting control of his media empire on EtoBox?
The king of content : Sumner Redstone's battle for Viacom, CBS, and everlasting control of his media empire by Hagey, Keach; Zackman, Gabra is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The king of content : Sumner Redstone's battle for Viacom, CBS, and everlasting control of his media empire about?
The remarkable story of Sumner Redstone, his family legacy, and the battles for all he controls. Sumner Murray Redstone, who lived by the credo "content is king," leveraged his father's chain of drive-in movie theaters into one of the world's greatest media empires through a series of audacious takeovers designed to ensure his permanent control. Over the course of this meteoric rise, he made his share of enemies and feuded with nearly every member of his family. In The King of Content, Keach Hagey deconstructs Redstone's rise from Boston's West End through Harvard Law School to the highest echelons of American business. Today the ninety-five-year-old mogul's life has become a tabloid soap opera, the center of acrimonious legal battles throughout his vast holdings, which include Paramount Pictures and two of the largest public media companies, Viacom and CBS. At the heart of these lawsuits is Redstone's tumultuous love life and complicated relationship with his...
Who reads The king of content : Sumner Redstone's battle for Viacom, CBS, and everlasting control of his media empire?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hagey, Keach; Zackman, Gabra
- Publisher
- Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062654090
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Biography
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (69 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
More by Hagey, Keach; Zackman, Gabra
Browse all works by Hagey, Keach; Zackman, Gabra
Similar books
- Unscripted : The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy — James B Stewart & Rachel Abrams (2023)
- AGINCOURT : Battle of the Scarred King — Michael Livingston (2023)
- Fighting for Air : the Battle to Control America's Media — Eric Klinenberg (2007)
- Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy : The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935 — Robert Waterman McChesney, Robert W. (1993)
- Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire — Alexandra Posadzki (2024)
- The Sack of Panamá: Captain Morgan and the Battle for the Caribbean — Peter Earle (2007)