Redstone didn't address Freston's decision to hire former manager Brad Grey to run Paramount.
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Now Freston is out, replaced by longtime Redstone associates Philippe Dauman and Thomas Dooley .
Freston won a federal appeals court decision, and now the city is appealing to the Supreme Court.
The Dauman-Dooley team were brought back by Redstone after he summarily fired Tom Freston from the CEO post.
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On paper, at least, Freston seemed to have delivered what Redstone expected when he split up his company.
New York City paid for part of two years at a private school for Freston's son, who is learning disabled.
It's not clear that replacing Freston will convince investors that Viacom's growth prospects will be any brighter than they had been.
Moreover in America and elsewhere most young people are extremely tolerant of sexuality, and indifferent to ethnic origin, says Mr Freston.
For the immediate future, the fortunes of Mr Freston's company will rest largely on the health of its long-established cable networks.
Redstone and company are offering little insight beyond the run-of-the-mill platitudes thanking Freston, a 25-year veteran of the company, for his service.
Less than a month ago, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone told investors he was happy with the performance of Chief Executive Tom Freston .
Also vital, says Mr Freston, is frequent consumer research and changing the channels' content before the popularity of a particular type of programming passes its peak.
Freston is contesting a federal law that says that a child has to attend a public school first before a parent can sue for private school tuition reimbursement.
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.
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.
But in a conference call Tuesday morning, Redstone suggested that the fact that investors hadn't bid up the company's stock on the news suggested they didn't support Freston.
Of Viacom's offspring, Mr Freston's company has the hardest task.
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.
Dauman was appointed president and chief executive, replacing Freston.
Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen highlighted both Grey and former McKinsey consultant Michael Wolff, whom Freston hired as MTV Network's chief operating officer, as "unusual" hires that might get scrutiny in the near future.
Whether or not the new Viacom will be able to meet Mr Redstone's high expectations will also depend on Mr Freston's ability to turn around Paramount Pictures, which has had few hit movies in recent years compared with other studios.
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