CBS Adds Restone's Lawyer to Board of Directors
July 28 2017 - 7:14PM
Dow Jones News
By Joe Flint
CBS Corp. has added the attorney of former chairman Sumner
Redstone to its board of directors.
Robert Klieger, a partner in the law firm of Hueston Hennigan
LLP, will succeed Mr. Redstone on the media company's board.
Mr. Redstone, who is 94 years old and in poor health, resigned
from the boards of CBS and Viacom Inc. earlier this year, assuming
the title of chairman emeritus at each with the opportunity to
participate in board meetings but not vote.
Mr. Redstone remains chief executive of National Amusements
Inc., the controlling shareholder of both media companies with a
roughly 80% voting stake.
Mr. Klieger, who continues to represent Mr. Redstone in his
continuing legal battles with two former girlfriends, also was
involved in the power struggle atop Viacom last year. The fight
that pitted Mr. Redstone and his daughter, Shari Redstone, against
Philippe Dauman resulted in Mr. Dauman's ouster as Viacom's chief
executive and a National Amusements director.
Mr. Klieger is also close to Ms. Redstone, who is on both the
Viacom and CBS boards and is president of National Amusements. Mr.
Klieger has done legal work for Viacom's movie studio Paramount
Pictures.
The appointment of Mr. Klieger brings the number of board
members at CBS to 14. He won't serve on any committees of the
board, CBS said in a regulatory filing Friday.
Write to Joe Flint at joe.flint@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 28, 2017 18:59 ET (22:59 GMT)
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