Sumner Redstone, the media mogul who built the ViacomCBS empire, is dead at 97 (CBS, VIAB)
5:31am PDT - August 12th, 2020 sumner redstone - Business Insider- Media magnate Sumner Redstone, who forged an empire of entertainment companies encompassing CBS, Viacom, and Paramount Pictures, died on August 11 at the age of 97.
- Redstone built his media empire on the simple but prescient premise that "c…