TheinstantNewYorkTimesbestseller-ANewYorkTimesNotableBook-NamedaBestBookoftheYearbyTheEconomist-NominatedfortheFinancialTimesandSchrodersBusinessBookoftheYearAward“AddictedtoSuccession?Well,here’stherealthing.“-TheHollywoodReporter“Jaw-dropping...anepictaleoftoxicwealthandgreedpopulatedbyconniversandmanipulators.“--TheNewYorkTimesBookReview,Editors’ChoiceTheshockinginsidestoryofthestruggleforpowerandcontrolatParamountGlobal,themultibillion-dollarentertainmentempirecontrolledbytheRedstonefamily,andthedysfunction,misconduct,anddeceitthatthreatenedthefutureofthecompany,fromthePulitzerPrize-winningjournalistswhofirstbrokethenewsIn2016,thefateofParamountGlobal--themultibillion-dollarentertainmentempirethatincludesParamount,CBS,MTV,Nickelodeon,Showtime,andSimon&Schuster--hungprecariouslyinthebalance.Itsfounderandhead,ninety-three-year-oldSumnerM.Redstone,wasfacingaverypubliclawsuitbroughtbyaformerromanticcompanion,ManuelaHerzer--alawsuitthatplacedSumner’sdeterioratinghealthandquestionablejudgmentunderaharshlight.Asoneofthelastinalonglineofall-powerfulmediamoguls,Sumnerhadbeenarelentlesslydemandingboss,andanevenmoredemandingfather.Whenhisdaughter,Shari,tookcontrolofherfather’sbusiness,shefacedthehostilityofboardsandmanagementwhoforyearshadheardSumnerdisparageher.LesMoonves,thepopularCEOofCBS,feltparticularlythreatenedandschemedwithhisalliesontheboardtostripShariofpower.ButwhilehepubliclybattledShari,newsbegantoleakthatMoonveshadbeeninvolvedinmultipleinstancesofsexualmisconduct,andhebeganworkingbehindthescenestotrytomakethestoriesdisappear.Unscriptedisanexplosiveandunvarnishedlookattheusuallysecretinnerworkingsoftwopubliccompanies,theirboardsofdirectors,andawealthy,dysfunctionalfamilyinthethroesofseismicchanges,fromthePulitzerPrize-winningjournalistsJamesB.StewartandRachelAbrams.ThroughthemicrocosmofParamount,whoseoncevictoriousbusinessmodelofcablefeesandticketsalesiscrumblingundertheassaultoftechnologicaladvances,andwhoseworkplaceisundergoingradicalchangeinthewakeof#MeToo,BlackLivesMatter,andadistastefortheoldguard,StewartandAbramslaybarethebattleforpoweratanyprice--andthecarnagethatensued.
CBS DROPPING SHOWTIME Showtime THREE YEAR
