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business newsCorporate Family Feuds
Families that stick together for better, for worse -- and for profit.
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Take Viacom (VIA). Sumner Redstone has said that he treats "everyone like a member of my family." But being treated like a member of the Redstone family can include being sued, belittled and publicly ridiculed.
Life isn’t much more serene over at News Corp (NWS) headquarters. Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan haven’t always seen eye to eye on who will run the family business in the years ahead. Lachlan once said that he wants to be his own man,
A similar fight is brewing between Cablevision (CVC) owner Charles Dolan and his son Jimmy. Charles gave Jimmy the New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden, but Jimmy apparently wanted to play a greater role in the daily operations of Cablevision. In the end, no body was happy.
Join Hoofy & Boo as they offer a dramatic interpretation of these very famous family feuds.
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