Viacom Execs, MTV Pioneers Heading to the Chopping Block

New York Post: Philippe Dauman doesn’t want his MTV — at least, not the current iteration. The Viacom CEO is said to be ready to shed a generation of execs who helped build MTV Networks into a cable powerhouse — but then presided over its ratings decline. Inside MTV’s 1515 Broadway headquarters, employees are waiting for the hammer to fall on a clutch of execs who have been with the company for decades. “The rumors are all about positions that are under Van Toffler, or part of corporate.”