Redstone family

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American family business dynasty media dynasty

The Redstone family is a powerful American media dynasty, led by the late mogul Sumner Redstone, that controlled major entertainment conglomerates like Viacom and CBS and inspired the fictional Roy family in the TV series "Succession."

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Label Occurrences
Redstone family canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American family ⓘ
business dynasty ⓘ
media dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Hollywood ⓘ
New York media industry ⓘ
businessBase National Amusements, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: National Amusements
controls CBS television network ⓘ
surface form: CBS (historical)

National Amusements, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: National Amusements

Paramount Global ⓘ
Viacom ⓘ
surface form: Viacom (historical)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicSector entertainment industry ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
familyBusinessModel family-controlled holding company ⓘ
foundedBy Michael Redstone ⓘ
hasEthnicity Jewish-American ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American film industry ⓘ
American television industry ⓘ
global media landscape ⓘ
hasReputationFor aggressive corporate takeovers ⓘ
complex family succession disputes ⓘ
industry entertainment ⓘ
media ⓘ
inspirationFor Succession ⓘ
inspired Roy family ⓘ
knownFor control of CBS ⓘ
control of Paramount Global ⓘ
control of Viacom ⓘ
ownership of National Amusements ⓘ
language English ⓘ
matriarch Shari Redstone ⓘ
mediaHoldingsInclude cable channels ⓘ
film studios ⓘ
streaming services ⓘ
television networks ⓘ
mediaPortrayal basis for fictional media dynasties ⓘ
notableFor controlling interest in major U.S. media companies ⓘ
notableMember Shari Redstone ⓘ
Sumner Redstone ⓘ
notableSuccessor Shari Redstone ⓘ
originatedIn Boston ⓘ
patriarch Sumner Redstone ⓘ
primaryHoldingCompany National Amusements, Inc. ⓘ
subjectOf books on media empires ⓘ
business journalism profiles ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
wealthStatus billionaire family ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Succession → inspiredBy → Redstone family ⓘ
National Amusements, Inc. → controlledBy → Redstone family ⓘ
Shari Redstone → notableFamily → Redstone family ⓘ
Viacom → ownedBy → Redstone family ⓘ
Jupiter-C rocket → rocketFamily → Redstone family ⓘ
subject surface form: Jupiter-C