Redstone built his family's drive-in theater chain into a multibillion-dollar media and entertainment empire that included CBS and Viacom.
. Citing people who had been with him, the newspaper said the notoriously autocratic Redstone had an iPad connected to buttons to activate his recorded voice uttering "yes," "no" and "f--- you."
As head of a theater chain, Redstone recognized the importance of content. In fact, he claimed to have coined the phraseIn 1979, Redstone nearly died in a fire at Boston's Copley Plaza hotel. In his 2001 book,he recalled waking up after midnight smelling smoke and making "the classic mistake" of opening his door. A man in the room next door did so, too — and died.
In another high-stakes takeover battle, his $10 billion bid outmuscled fellow media moguls Barry Diller and John Malone for Paramount Communications in 1994. In addition to MTV, the Viacom empire later included such TV properties as BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
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