02736cam a2200361 i 4500 656415613 TxAuBib 20230405120000.0 221006s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022030865 9781984879424 HRD 32.00 1984879421 HRD 32.00 TxAuBib rda Stewart, James B, author. Unscripted [BOOK] : the epic battle for a media empire and the Redstone family legacy / James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams. New York : Penguin Press, 2023. xvi, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-383) and index. In 2016, the fate of Paramount Global—the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire that includes Paramount, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Showtime, 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 her. Les Moonves, the popular CEO of CBS, felt particularly threatened and schemed with his allies on the board 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, dysfunctional family in the throes of seismic changes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams. Provided by publisher. 20230405. Redstone, Sumner. Redstone, Shari. Moonves, Leslie. Viacom Inc. CBS Corp. Corporations United States. Mass media United States Management. Executives United States Biography. Abrams, Rachel, (Journalist), author.