92 year-old Viacom owner Sumner Redstone on Friday
removed Philippe Dauman, Viacom CEO and former Redstone protege, from the board of the trust that will control Viacom once Redstone dies. Viacom executives, in turn, "asserted that [Redstone] had been manipulated by his daughter," Shari. Now, Sumner is preparing to name two allies of Shari's to the trust's board, and has issued a statement condemning the
actions of the company he controls.
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Emily Steel | The New York Times]