Viacom Loads CBS Merger Task Force with Redstone Picks

Bloomberg: Viacom named six directors to a special committee that will explore a merger with CBS, including five recently appointed to the board by the Redstone family’s National Amusements, which controls both companies. Independent directors Thomas May and Nicole Seligman will act as co-chairs, and be joined by Kenneth Lerer, Judith McHale, Ronald Nelson and Charles Phillips.