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Shari Redstone

Brian Robbins at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

The Case for Brian Robbins at Paramount

Robbins, the newly installed C.E.O. of Paramount Pictures, was perceived as an “affront” to film industry purists. But the former Nickelodeon chief may be just what Paramount+ needs to compete with Netflix in a low-stakes, high volume, post-theatrical world.
Matthew Belloni • September 24, 2021
Matthew Belloni • September 12, 2021
Shining Up Sumner’s Camaro: Behind the Paramount Executive Shakeup
Jim Gianopulos and Tom Cruise in 2018
Jim Gianopulos is out and Brian Robbins is up as the streaming scramble continues. Paramount may never be the same.
William D. Cohan • September 8, 2021
Goldman, M&A Mania & That Night at San Pietro
Financial professionals sit in the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Regarding a few questions on my mind and in my inbox.
Shari Redstone at the Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley
Matthew Belloni • June 20, 2021
Shari’s Latest Shakespearean Drama
ViacomCBS in a peculiar place: Still too small to meaningfully compete with the streaming giants, yet just big enough to think they can leverage their assets to survive.