Philippe P. Dauman

Paramount Pictures turned in another disappointing performance, contributing to an 18% drop in quarterly earnings for parent company Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate reported Wednesday. The Melrose Avenue movie studio suffered from the DVD blues...

In an epic clash between old and new media, Google Inc.'s video website YouTube has scored another huge victory in the long-running skirmish over copyright infringement brought by television giant Viacom Inc. A federal judge in New York on Thursday...

Honey Boo Boo should be getting a nice box of chocolates in the mail. David Zaslav, the chief executive of cable programming giant Discovery Communications, had a 2012 compensation package worth $49.9 million, according to the company's proxy statement....

Media company Viacom Inc. disappointed Wall Street with lower revenue in its fiscal first quarter, particularly at its Hollywood film studio, Paramount Pictures, which bombed at the box office. In past quarters, Paramount could count on being propped up...

After the coffee. Before the beignets and gumbo. The Skinny: About half the TV industry is in Miami for a programming convention, and the other half is in New Orleans for some football game. Either way, they are warm and dry. Monday's headlines...

Smaller bonuses led to compensation decreases in fiscal 2012 for the top executives at Viacom Inc., who traditionally have been among the nation's most richly paid. Chief Executive Philippe Dauman took home $33.5 million in the year that ended Sept. 30,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive...

Viacom second quarter earnings, released Thursday, were up 56%. Revenue was up 2% to $3.33 billion....

Wall Street analysts are concerned about the drop in ratings at Viacom's Nickelodeon network. Some worry that streaming services are siphoning viewers from TV....

Top Comcast Corp. executives received smaller compensation packages last year. Chief Executive Brian Roberts collected $26.9 million -- a decrease of 13.2% from 2010. Steve Burke, now chief executive of NBCUniversal, saw his earnings plummet 32%. Burke...

CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves is again among the highest paid executives in America with a total compensation package of nearly $70 million in 2011....

DreamWorks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg took home a relatively paltry pay check in 2011 -- at least compared to his peers in the entertainment industry....