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Viacom CEO: Paramount Pictures is 'killing it'
Paramount Pictures is finally turning a corner, according to Bob Bakish, the chief executive of Viacom, the studio’s parent company. The legendary movie lot, which has been dogged by years...
Viacom CEO: Paramount Pictures is finally turning a corner
Paramount Pictures is finally turning a corner, according to the boss of the Hollywood studio’s parent company Viacom. The legendary movie lot, which has been dogged by years of operating...
Viacom shares spike after promising profits report
Viacom shares spiked 6 percent on Thursday after the entertainment company reported better-than-expected second-quarter profits — and sustained ratings growth for its flagship brands. The results prove Viacom’s long-awaited turnaround...
Viacom's Paramount returns to profitability
Viacom reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Wednesday, as moves to sell rather than release its movies returned Paramount Pictures to profitability. To insulate itself from box-office misses, Paramount...
Movie-themed eatery reopens in Queens
The original Paramount Pictures commissary space in Queens is back in business — as an eatery that pays homage to the silver-screen stars who once dined here. George’s, in Astoria,...
Viacom shares plunge on grim forecast for pay TV
Viacom, owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount, said Thursday it expects high single-digit declines in revenue from US cable TV operators and online distributors in the first half of...
Hollywood's summer movie season is off to a rough start
Tinseltown’s hopes for a $5 billion summer are already fizzling, with a couple of flicks crashing out of the gate. Warner Bros.’ “King Arthur” and Fox’s “Alien: Covenant” both disappointed...
Hollywood mogul Brad Grey dies of cancer at 59
Brad Grey, the former head of Paramount Pictures, died on Sunday evening at age 59. His family said in a statement that the cause was cancer and that they were...
Paramount rejected in potential $1B film deal with China
Looks like Viacom just opened a fortune cookie that reads “It’s not your lucky day.” The media giant’s Paramount Pictures movie unit has failed to strike a deal with two...
Viacom in talks with Jim Gianopulos to head Paramount
Viacom Inc. is in talks with former Twentieth Century Fox Chairman Jim Gianopulos to lead its Paramount Pictures film studio, the Wall Street Journal reported. The New York-based media company...
Jim Gianopulos reportedly to be tapped as Paramount CEO
Viacom Chief Executive Bob Bakish is expected to name Fox film veteran Jim Gianopulos chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, Variety reported, citing sources. It is anticipated that Gianopulos will...
Paramount CEO gets fired days before Oscars
LOS ANGELES — Viacom’s new boss Bob Bakish proved his mettle Wednesday, effectively firing Brad Grey, chief of struggling Paramount Pictures, just three nights before the Oscars. Both Viacom and...
Paramount chief on the way out as studio seeks fresh start
Paramount Pictures chief Brad Grey may be celebrating a host of Oscar nominations next weekend but his days as a Viacom employee are almost over, sources tell On The Money....
Paramount boss Brad Grey is on the hot seat
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish is weighing a change at the top the media giant’s struggling Paramount Pictures, The Post has learned. Bakish is huddling with executives of Viacom and the...
Ousted Viacom CEO gives up on Paramount Pictures sale
Ousted Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman is throwing in the towel on a partial sale of Paramount Pictures and, by his own admission, leaving a potential $14 million on the...
'Ben-Hur' likely to join a long list of summer flops
Maybe Viacom’s Paramount Pictures should have named their latest film “Ben-Hurt.” The remake of the 1959 classic that opened on Friday — with a budget of $100 million — is...
Is a remerger between Viacom and CBS going to happen?
A tipster says that Massachusetts Judge George Phelan is on the verge of a decision about whether Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman can overturn his ouster from the Sumner Redstone family...
Viacom's boardroom battle takes toll on bottom line
The hits just keep coming for Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman. The New York media giant on Friday slashed its forecast for the current quarter, blaming the disappointing release of “Teenage...
Shari Redstone meets with Alibaba founder over possible Paramount deal
Sumner Redstone’s daughter, Shari Redstone, has been in direct contact with Alibaba founder Jack Ma in connection with the sale of Paramount Pictures, sources tell The Post. The two are...
Redstone thwarts Viacom CEO's Paramount sale
Sumner Redstone on Monday, in the most openly hostile move against Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman, all but eliminated the executive’s ability to sell a piece of the media giant’s...