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Vin Diesel makes cameo in Midway Ch. 11

As though bankrupt Midway Games didn't have enough problems, 'Fast & Furious' actor Vin Diesel is ticked off at the video game publisher.


Redstone likes life at CBS, Viacom

To the chagrin of some shareholders, CBS and Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone has no plans of stepping down anytime soon.


Redstone having a tough time digging out of credit hole

Media titan Sumner Redstone's credit has been maxed out, and he's scrounging for a way out.  Redstone already sold his 80% stake in Midway Games Inc. for $100,000, also translating into an estimated $800 million in tax losses on the investment in the video game publisher. Meanwhile, it looks like things are going from bad to worse for Redstone as The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that his holding company, National Amusement Inc., will likely not reach a settlement to restructure its $800 million in debt before the end of the year when it's due. Overall, National Amusement owes...


Redstone's NAI may have to sell more assets

Pali Capital Inc. analyst Rich Greenfield suggests in a Wednesday blog post that National Amusements Inc. is preparing to embark on another anticipated sale of either shares in other companies or of theaters. ...


Redstone assures investors he supports CBS, Viacom

Media mogul Sumner Redstone tried Thursday to assuage concerns about the "extraordinary circumstances" and "clearly atypical" actions taken by his privately held theater chain National Amusements Inc. ...


Redstone unloading CBS or Viacom doesn't add up

All this hot air that Sumner Redstone may have to give up control of CBS Corp. or Viacom Inc. to satisfy debt covenants overlooks a couple of cold facts. The first fact is that National Amusements Inc., the Redstone-controlled company confronting an $800 million maturity at the end of this year, could sell the rest of its nonvoting shares of CBS and Viacom for more than $500 million. Add this to the $233 million in CBS and Viacom shares that privately held NAI has already sold, and total proceeds would be pushing $750 million....


DreamWorks divorce from Paramount final

Another Hollywood marriage ends in divorce. The movie studio started by Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks SKG, has finalized Monday its breakup with Paramount Pictures.  ...


Analyst: Redstone should take Viacom private

With Viacom Inc.'s stock languishing at roughly the same price it fetched two years ago, Richard Greenfield of Pali Capital Inc. urged in a Wednesday note that Sumner Redstone "put investors out of their misery" by taking the media house private....



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