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Michael Fricklas is Viacom's general counsel, the company's top lawyer. I can't tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil, dark smile inside. Even as part of a...

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...stick to the rules but we don't like seeing big companies beating on the little guy. Out now | GBPfree | Viacom (via Ars Technica) Viacom lawyer says suing illegal downloaders "feels like bullying" was originally published on...

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...rights in the U.S. to air Michael Jackson's This Is It on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011. AP) - Viacom Inc. says it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air Michael Jackson's This Is It on its MTV and BET cable networks...

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NEW YORK (AP) - Viacom Inc. says it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air "Michael Jackson's This Is It" on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011. The Sony Pictures film, featuring rehearsal footage from the London concerts...

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Viacom's cable networks win rights to Jackson film NEW YORK - Viacom Inc. says it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air "Michael Jackson's This Is It" on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011. The Sony Pictures film,...

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...think so. MTV accounts for just 13% of Ariel's estimate of Viacom's value, according to Ariel's analysis of Viacom , released on Nov. 13. (Viacom is a holding in the Ariel Appreciation Fund.) And Viacom's filmed entertainment business...

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...slips 3% to $3.3 billion. Cost cutting, coupled with stronger results from Paramount Pictures, paid off in the third quarter as Viacom Inc. posted a 15% jump in profit despite lower advertising and home video sales. Credit...

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By Paul Thomasch Viacom Inc's quarterly profit rose 15 percent, breezing past expectations, as consumers set aside money worries to take in hit movies like "Transformers" and scoop up the new Beatles video game. Cost-cutting also helped...

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...Rock Band" boost results * Shares up less than 1 percent (Adds executive comments, byline) By Paul Thomasch Viacom Inc's <VIAb. N> quarterly profit rose 15 percent, breezing past expectations, as consumers set aside money worries...

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Viacom Inc. <VIAb. N> quarterly profit breezed past expectations as consumers set aside money worries to scoop up the new Beatles video game and buy tickets for box-office hits like "Transformers" and "G.I. Joe." Cost-cutting also helped...

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