Re: Herald article on DJs paid to promote diet product

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:12:47 -0500 "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@suscom.net>
writes:
> 
> Which merger was this? :-) CBS/Westinghouse? CBS/Infinity? Or 
> CBS/Viacom?
> Your head spins when you think of all of them!
> 
> On a more serious note...who is really wearing the pants at CBS? 
> Seems like
> the Infinity people (i.e. Karmazin) have more power than the CBS 
> people do
> over anything, unless Uncle Sumner has taken full control.

When Westinghouse acquired CBS most of the CBS top brass had to go job
hunting leaving the Westinghouse people in charge, When Mel got involved
by letting Westinghouse buy his Infinity then allowed him to continue
running the show a lot of the Westinghouse people found themselves on the
outside looking in.   I left (sort of) before the Viacom deal so I don't
know if Mel is still calling the shots or Redstone is in charge.
df