Media Mogul Sumner Redstone, Who Oversaw Viacom and CBS, Dies at 97

He turned his family’s movie theater chain into a $40 billion global media powerhouse

August 12, 2020

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Sumner Redstone, who presided over an estimated $40 billion media empire that included both Viacom and CBS Corp, died on Tuesday. He was 97.

Jason Lynch is editor at Adweek, overseeing the magazine and digital covers, as well as all TV coverage across linear and streaming.