Unscripted : the epic battle for a media empire and the Redstone family legacy / James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams.

By:

Stewart, James B. (James Bennett), 1952-

Contributor(s):

Abrams, Rachel journalist, 1987-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781984879424

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.1/145 23/eng/20221104

LOC classification:

HD2796.P373 S73 2023

Contents:

Contenido: Season 1: The Redstone Dynasty Sumner in a Skirt Sumner Will Live Forever The Inner Circle VIP Social Club What’s Mine Is Yours You Know How He Is about Women I Want My 45 Million Back Season 2: The Long War This Is Your Family You Want to Go to War? I’d Better Not Tell Manuela Operation Freedom I Never Thought I’d See You Again I’m Not Going to Fire Him This Is Your Battle Not Mine A Public Spectacle A Modern-Day Love Story No One Likes Drama An Overwhelming Stench of Greed Don’t Go Near This Season 3: The Fall of Les Moonves We All Did That If Bobbie Talks I Was a Good Guy I Feel Sick All the Time This Is Insanity Pencils Down All-Out War Season 4: The Reckoning A Blatant Abuse of Power I Was Never a Predator What the Hell Are You Doing? Let’s Not Get Ahead of Ourselves He Wants to Destroy Me This Is a Deal Breaker A Once Unfathomable Outcome Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index

Summary: "The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct, and deceit that threatened the future of the company, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke the news In 2016, the fate of Paramount-the entertainment conglomerate that includes Viacom, CBS, and Simon & Schuster-hung precariously in the balance. Its founder and head, ninety-three-year-old Sumner M. Redstone, was facing a very public lawsuit brought by a former romantic companion, Manuela Herzer-a lawsuit that placed Sumner's deteriorating health and questionable judgment under a harsh light. As one of the last in a long line of all-powerful media moguls, Sumner had been a relentlessly demanding boss, and an even more demanding father. When his daughter, Shari, took control of her father's business, she faced the hostility of boards and management who for years had heard Sumner disparage his daughter. Les Moonves, the popular CEO of CBS, felt particularly threatened. Scheming with his allies on the board, Moonves worked to strip Shari of power. But while he publicly battled Shari, news began to leak that Moonves had been involved in multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and he began working behind the scenes to try to make the stories disappear. Unscripted is an explosive and unvarnished look at the usually secret inner workings of two public companies, their boards of directors, and a wealthy family in the throes of seismic changes. Through the microcosm of this company, whose once victorious business model of cable fees and ticket sales is crumbling under the assault of technological advances, and whose workplace is undergoing radical change in the wake of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, and a distaste for the old guard, New York Times reporters James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams lay bare the battle for power at any price-and the carnage that ensued"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	HD2796.P373 S73 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000193349

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-383) and index.

Contenido: Season 1: The Redstone Dynasty
Sumner in a Skirt

Sumner Will Live Forever

The Inner Circle VIP Social Club

What’s Mine Is Yours

You Know How He Is about Women

I Want My 45 Million Back

Season 2: The Long War
This Is Your Family

You Want to Go to War?

I’d Better Not Tell Manuela

Operation Freedom

I Never Thought I’d See You Again

I’m Not Going to Fire Him

This Is Your Battle Not Mine

A Public Spectacle

A Modern-Day Love Story

No One Likes Drama

An Overwhelming Stench of Greed

Don’t Go Near This

Season 3: The Fall of Les Moonves
We All Did That

If Bobbie Talks

I Was a Good Guy

I Feel Sick All the Time

This Is Insanity

Pencils Down

All-Out War

Season 4: The Reckoning
A Blatant Abuse of Power

I Was Never a Predator

What the Hell Are You Doing?

Let’s Not Get Ahead of Ourselves

He Wants to Destroy Me

This Is a Deal Breaker

A Once Unfathomable Outcome

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

"The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct, and deceit that threatened the future of the company, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke the news In 2016, the fate of Paramount-the entertainment conglomerate that includes Viacom, CBS, and Simon & Schuster-hung precariously in the balance. Its founder and head, ninety-three-year-old Sumner M. Redstone, was facing a very public lawsuit brought by a former romantic companion, Manuela Herzer-a lawsuit that placed Sumner's deteriorating health and questionable judgment under a harsh light. As one of the last in a long line of all-powerful media moguls, Sumner had been a relentlessly demanding boss, and an even more demanding father. When his daughter, Shari, took control of her father's business, she faced the hostility of boards and management who for years had heard Sumner disparage his daughter. Les Moonves, the popular CEO of CBS, felt particularly threatened. Scheming with his allies on the board, Moonves worked to strip Shari of power. But while he publicly battled Shari, news began to leak that Moonves had been involved in multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and he began working behind the scenes to try to make the stories disappear. Unscripted is an explosive and unvarnished look at the usually secret inner workings of two public companies, their boards of directors, and a wealthy family in the throes of seismic changes. Through the microcosm of this company, whose once victorious business model of cable fees and ticket sales is crumbling under the assault of technological advances, and whose workplace is undergoing radical change in the wake of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, and a distaste for the old guard, New York Times reporters James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams lay bare the battle for power at any price-and the carnage that ensued"-- Provided by publisher.

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