LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS Television and the NAACP has reached an agreement to develop content to further tell stories of the African American experience. The television studio and civil rights organization announced the multi-year agreement in a joint statement Wednesday. The partnership will focus on creating and producing scripted, unscripted and documentary content for […]

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Broadcast legend Joe Cobb is best known as the voice who calls out “Sooooooooul Train” on all branded content of the iconic music-dance television program. But now he claims Viacom is cheating him out of his royalties following the suicide of the program’s creator Don Cornelius. Cobb revealed to the ChicagoCrusader that he has not received royalties for nearly a […]

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In early 2017 Viacom and BET were hit with a discrimination and defamation lawsuit from a former executive, and a California federal judge denied their motions to dismiss the case. Zola Mashariki sued in March, claiming she was terminated while on medical leave for breast cancer treatment and alleging that she was subjected to repeated […]

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Tyler Perry has inked a multi-year deal with Viacom that includes a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures and producing original content for BET. His film agreement is effective immediately, but the television deal will kick in May 2019 after Perry’s exclusive agreement with Oprah Winfrey’s OWN expires. As Perry exits the network, Winfrey is bringing […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Soul Train is on track for acquisition by BET Networks, the company announced Monday. Assets acquired include one of the largest libraries of African-American, music-oriented content in the world, including over 1,100 television episodes and 40 television specials, the company said. Owning Soul Train’s intellectual property will allow BET to further […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Media giant Viacom Inc. on Monday announced a round of layoffs and restructuring that will result in it booking $785 million in special expenses in its recently ended quarter. A Viacom spokesman declined to say how many people would be laid off. The New York company said it will write-down underperforming […]

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The appearance of a dead body on T.I.’s MTV reality show T.I’s Road to Redemption is at the heart of a legal situation involving Viacom and its insurer, AXIS Insurance Company. In its complaint, which was obtained by the Hollywood Reporter, Viacom details how it spent millions of dollars after Road to Redemption showed the body […]

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In here we go again news, Our friends over at Bossip are reporting that Perri “Pebbles” Reid former manager of the girl group TLC is now suing Viacom…

Six months after VH1 premiered CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, Perri “Pebbles” Reid has filed a lawsuit against the network’s parent company. According to reports, TLC’s…

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