Broadcasting & Cable - March 20, 2005

In a King Solomon-like answer to critics that Viacom has become too big to grow, Chairman Sumner Redstone has proposed cleaving it in half. On the surface, the move would appear to reverse the last decade of deal-makingincluding the CBS and Infinity acquisitionsthat built up his entertainment portfolio.

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