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Shari Redstone's Road to Power at Paramount Global

2025/4/30
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Brooke Gladstone: 我关注的是Shari Redstone如何获得Paramount Global的控制权，以及在此过程中发生的权力斗争和公司治理问题。特别是，Scott Pelley在60分钟节目中对Paramount对新闻内容进行新的监管的暗示，以及特朗普政府对Paramount提起的巨额诉讼，都突显了Shari Redstone面临的挑战和困境。她作为Paramount的大股东，可能会为了促成数十亿美元的并购交易，而屈服于特朗普政府的压力，从而解决特朗普政府提出的巨额诉讼。这与新闻的独立性和公司治理的健全性密切相关。 此外，Sumner Redstone的去世以及Shari Redstone继承其媒体帝国的过程，也充满了戏剧性和复杂性。Sumner Redstone与其子女关系恶劣，尤其是对女儿Shari Redstone，这为Shari Redstone的权力之路增添了更多挑战。 Rachel Abrams: 我讲述的是Shari Redstone与其父亲Sumner Redstone以及Les Moonves之间复杂的关系，以及这些关系如何影响了Paramount Global的命运。Sumner Redstone晚年的生活充满了混乱和不确定性，他被其女性伴侣Manuela Herzl和Sidney Holland控制和利用，她们将其与家人隔离并窃取他的巨额财富。Shari Redstone最终帮助其父亲摆脱了这两位女性的控制，并巩固了她作为家族企业继承人的地位。 此外，Les Moonves试图阻止Shari Redstone将Viacom和CBS合并，并试图剥夺Redstone家族对公司的控制权，这进一步加剧了公司内部的权力斗争。CBS董事会对Les Moonves的性骚扰指控处理不当，未能履行其对股东的责任，也反映了公司治理的严重缺陷。整个故事揭示了美国公司治理中普遍存在的问题，以及权力、金钱和人际关系的复杂交织。

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The Redstone family is a controlling shareholder of Paramount Global — one of the biggest entertainment companies out there. (Think CBS Entertainment, MTV, Nickelodeon.) The family is also one of the inspirations for HBO's Succession, which makes sense the more you get to know them. 

Shari Redstone currently has the controlling stake in Paramount Global. Company leadership was carefully criticized in a recent on-air "rebuke") by 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, who said the show was receiving new kinds of oversight amid the Trump presidency. The drama has unfolded as Redstone seeks FCC approval for a lucrative merger, and the Trump administration is suing Paramount Global for billions of dollars. 

This week we revisit Redstone's backstory by re-airing a conversation with Rachel Abrams, a senior producer and reporter for The New York Times Presents, and the co-author with James B. Stewart of Unscripted:​​ The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy. 

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