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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Redstone has said he fully intends to be CEO when Karmazin's current contract expires. "Look, Sumner Redstone is one of the four or five corporate geniuses," says radio icon and longtime Karmazin friend Don Imus. "And Mel is in that class with Rupert, Ted and Eisner. We'll see what sort of relationship they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CBS-Viacom Merger: A Media Giant Pops Up | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Adopting the wardrobe of a beatnik and the eating habits of a monk, RUPERT MURDOCH is easing into a new phase of life. In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, Murdoch, 68, reports that his updated look, featuring a preponderance of black, is due less to WENDI DENG, 32, his wife of three months, than to his sons. "I wanted to look like them," he says, "40 years younger." To that end, he has been visiting "some institute at UCLA--they've got me on a morning drink [of] fruit and soya powder" and exercising with a trainer who "tortures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 13, 1999 | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...RUPERT MURDOCH X-Files star David Duchovny is suing Fox for underselling reruns. Moguls vs. aliens, anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 23, 1999 | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...July 9, Media Terror Rupert Murdoch's Star TV broadcast the 1990 Chinese drama Chin Wong (The King of Gamblers) in Mongolia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time's Up, Nostradamus | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...idea and execution here are adequate: chimps run a network on which they parody current TV shows and make fun of Hollywood. Just in case Ted Turner could resist talking chimps, the creators have the fake network run by a mean, stupid Australian mogul to mock Turner's rival, Rupert Murdoch. The real fear is that TBS's Turner might turn this show into an actual channel. Chimps all day may sound appealing, but you probably need some midgets and bikinied women to round out even 30 minutes of entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chimp Channel | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

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