The Dauman-Dooley team were brought back by Redstone after he summarily fired Tom Freston from the CEO post.

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Less than a month ago, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone told investors he was happy with the performance of Chief Executive Tom Freston .

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Redstone is also infamous for keeping a revolving door at Viacom, ousting Viacom chief executive Frank Biondi in 1996 and firing Viacom chief executive Tom Freston a decade later.

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For years he has swooned over beloved senior executives, only to sour on them and banish them later--Frank Biondi, Mel Karmazin, Thomas Freston, even the actor Tom Cruise.

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Redstone did take time on Tuesday to insist that Freston's ouster had nothing to do with Paramount's recent divorce from Tom Cruise, or Redstone's comments about the actor.

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