Viacom Ousts CEO Tom Freston

September 4, 2006

Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone on Tuesday ousted Chief Executive Tom Freston, in a surprise move to exert more control over the company amid a lagging stock price and a perception it has fallen behind on the Internet.

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