Viacom’s Future Cloudy Amid Sumner Redstone Sideshow

Los Angeles Times: It’s an open secret in Hollywood that Sumner Redstone is barely physically functional, often not conscious and unable to feed himself. Nonetheless, he is stubbornly holding on to the vestiges of his power at Viacom (and less so at CBS). So many media empires have been built on the strength of a single powerful personality. The test of these empires has often come at the moment of leadership succession, and in this case it’s clear that there are consequences when the founder won’t let go.