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Falling stock prices and the failure to buy MySpace.com when they had a chance had left Viacom’s Freston vulnerable to Sumner Redstone’s wrath. In place of the MTV founder, Sumner’s installing Philippe Dauman.

We still don’t know how Brad Grey has a job. But here’s a bit of advice for anyone working for Sumner: If you’re name is Tom, change it.

In the Future, People Will Read Books: Michael Tolkin, the moviemaker who wrote the 1988 hit The Player,” has