Viacom, Taylor Swift Partner for Global 'The Hunger Games' Launch

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Taylor Swift's new music video for "The Hunger Games" will get a global launch, the first in MTV's history

  

'Jersey Shore,' 'Dora the Explorer' Join Amazon Streaming in New Viacom Deal

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Viacom joins CBS, Fox and others on Amazon Instant Video, a surging challenge to Netflix

  

Viacom Profits Fall 65% in Q4

February 2, 2012 By Tim Molloy 1 week ago

Charge related to sale of "Rock Band" maker Harmonix to blame for drop; profit from continuing operations down 5 percent

  

Viacom's Philippe Dauman: Anti-Piracy Push Done for Year

January 31, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Hollywood is unlikely to go forward with anti-piracy legislation this year, Viacom's Philippe Dauman tells Dive Into Media Conference

  

Viacom Ups Julia Phelps to Senior VP of PR for International Networks

December 21, 2011 By Kurt Orzeck 7 weeks ago

Phelps will oversee all communications and media relations for Viacom's international multiplatform brands

  

Viacom Partners with Live-Streaming Service UStream

December 15, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 8 weeks ago

It will stream live footage from MTV, VH1 and other networks

  

Viacom Moves Stock From NYSE to Nasdaq

November 11, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

The change will take effect Dec. 1

  

Tom Zappala Named EVP of Programming for Spike

November 10, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 13 weeks ago

The Viacom alum returns to the company after eight years at the Disney-owned ABC Family

  

'Transformers' Helps Viacom Triple 4Q Earnings, Beat the Street

November 10, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

The media giant beats Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings as its film division excels and cable continues to grow

  

MovieTracker: Has Viacom Cracked the Social Media Code?

October 31, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Using Twitter and Facebook, the company has found a way to generate real time measurement's of the 25 hottest films

  

Paramount Restructures Home Entertainment, Licensing Divisions

September 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

The studio also announces several executive shifts and will centralize global marketing

  

Former Viacom Chief: Media 'One of the Only Success Stories' in Afghanistan

September 15, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 21 weeks ago

Tom Freston, who also ran MTV and lived in Afghanistan in the '70s, says television has opened up the country

  

Ben Stiller's 'Fake Trailer Project' Will Test Ideas for Real Movies

September 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 22 weeks ago

Ben Stiller will star in the first parody trailer, debuting soon on MTV.com, with Unilever as a sponsor

  

Viacom and Cablevision Settle Streaming Fight

August 10, 2011 By Brent Lang 26 weeks ago

Media companies had been duking it out over the cable company's iPad app

  

Latest Dow Dive Pummels Media Stocks Again

August 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 26 weeks ago

Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 519.83 points, slamming media stocks.

  

Media Stocks Tumble as Dow Falls 630+ Points in Broad Sell-off

August 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 26 weeks ago

CBS was especially hard-hit, falling more than 10 percent, but even Apple took its lumps in another Wall Street bloodbath

  

Philippe Dauman Admits Paramount's Prepping for a Post-DreamWorks Animation Future

August 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 26 weeks ago

“We are proceeding under the assumption that we will not be extending the DreamWorks Animation deal beyond next year"

  

Profits Jump 37% at Viacom, Shares Rise on Q3 Earnings

August 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 27 weeks ago

Philippe Dauman tells analysts Paramount is readying itself for life after DreamWorks Animation -- but stock market plunge goes unmentioned in call with analysts

  

Stock Market Plunge Puts Hollywood on Edge

August 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 27 weeks ago

Despite huge upfront sales and strong earnings, the media industry is fully aware that advertisers have cancellation options

  

Media Companies Suffer in Stock Market Crash

August 4, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein, Brent Lang & Lucas Shaw 27 weeks ago

Analysts said media companies dependent on advertising are most vulnerable, and indeed CBS was hardest hit in worst one-day selloff since December 2008

  

Viacom's Sumner Redstone: The Mogul Named 'Sue!'

July 4, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 31 weeks ago

Viacom is pressing three major lawsuits, each likely to end in an out-of-court settlement that boosts revenue. It's just the way Redstone rolls

  

Stephen Colbert Gets Fed Approval to Be a Super PAC

June 30, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 32 weeks ago

In an attempt to mock the country’s lax campaign finance law, the comedian can use Viacom funds to create political ads to run on Comedy Central

  

Viacom Sues Cablevision for Streaming Its Shows

June 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 33 weeks ago

Entertainment giant previously sued Time Warner Cable over its iPad application

  

Viacom & Endemol to Launch New Female-Targeted Euro Channel, Blink!

May 5, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 40 weeks ago

Positioned primarily in Europe, Blink! will target women ages 16-49 and launch with a pilot program in Poland

  

Viacom Profits Pumped 53% by Paramount, 'Jersey Shore'

April 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 41 weeks ago

Media giant's earnings driven by revenues from MTV reality hit and film studio

  

Sony, Viacom, DirecTV: Battles for Survival Batter the Media Landscape

April 19, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 42 weeks ago

Producers, distributors, aggregators and tech enablers are now pitted in momentous clashes, with tens of billions of dollars at stake

  

MTV Hires Ex-AOL, Pop Eater Chief as its Daily News VP

April 11, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 43 weeks ago

Jason Kaufman jumps from AOL to MTV News

  

Time Warner, Viacom and Cablevision Lock Horns in iPad Battle

April 8, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 43 weeks ago

Media companies have gone to court over what can and can't be offered for consumption on the Apple gadget

  

Viacom Expands Role for Michael D. Armstrong

April 6, 2011 By John Sellers 44 weeks ago

The BET vice president will now also oversee Paramount Pictures non-premium channels

  

YouTube: We're Not Liable for Copyright Infringement; Blame Viacom

April 1, 2011 By Cassie Chew 44 weeks ago

Company files brief in response to Viacom’s appeal of a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit

  

Which Moguls Got Pay Raises in 2010?

March 21, 2011 By Brent Lang 46 weeks ago

Who's up, who's down in the executive suite

  

Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros., Other Studios Lose Piracy Suit in Australia

February 24, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 50 weeks ago

Federal court says Internet service provider not liable for customers' illegal movie downloads