Talk:Sumner Redstone

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i think i saw a ct scan on this guy once...really. can't talk about it though...

Yeah? Rhomb Rhombozoa 08:56, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

How can Kevin Bacon be owned by Sumner Redstone?

Agincourtdb 09:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possible POV.

The paragrpah below in the article seems a bit opinionated. However, in this context. What do they mean by 'hostile takeover'?. A quick snatching of coporate power through possibly dishonest means?, threats of physical violence?. Could someone please clairfy this and fix the article accordingly...

After a hostile takeover in 1987, Redstone won voting control of Viacom and led a series of acquisitions to make Viacom one of the top players in modern media (along with General Electric & Vivendi's NBC-Universal, News Corporation, Time Warner, Sony, and The Walt Disney Company).

Nateland 21:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeover

Picture?

Isn't there a public domain picture of this guy? Or, barring that, Jigsaw's puppet from the Saw movies?

I wanted to know if there was a picture of this guy as well, I mean we have people who are just plumbers with pictures on here, but this guy who runs one of the largest and most powerful media empires there is not even a snapshot of? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.50.109.207 (talk) 17:30, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you really want to see a picture of nosferatu? The devil will recognize his own. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.176.33.102 (talk) 06:56, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I Agree, I think Devil doew not like to be pictured on wikipedia ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.108.215.226 (talk) 16:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jew?

In the article, it is not mentioned that he is a Jew, but he is placed in Category:American Jews. So the claim needs clarification. --Kaaveh (talk) 07:29, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'm wondering if he changed his name to hide the fact that he's a Jew. 12:06, 23 January 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.45.212 (talk)

Editing Paramount Pictures Section

I work for Rubenstein Communications and I propose the following edits on behalf of Paramount. To mitigate conflict of interest issues, I ask that an editor review the edits and take them live, as they see fit. If no objections are had and no edits are made within ten days, I will go ahead and update the entry myself. I believe these edits enhance the accuracy of the entry while adding additional citations.

NinaSpezz (talk) 22:52, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Integrated proposed edits into the entry //NinaSpezz (talk) 15:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Why does the article include the following sentence:

"He is one of the jews known to run the world through a vast media empire."

Is that a joke?

It should be reviewed and edited

Last edited at 13:45, 19 December 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 07:18, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Manuela Herzer lawsuit

Is there any reason why the Manuela Herzer lawsuit over Redstone's competency to remove her from his health care proxy is reduced to a footnote that doesn't describe it? It meets WP:WEIGHT by the standard of massive media coverage. I also think it's important and significant as an example of the law of competency and undue influence. --Nbauman (talk) 13:59, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Year of marriage

In the infobox it says Mr Redstone's first marriage startet in 1944 while in the private life section it says 1947. Which is right? --Maxl (talk) 17:48, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]