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The then-new cable channel MTV, criticized for its almost exclusively white playlist, finally started playing Jackson's videos.
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Viacom ( VIA - news - people ) in December 2005, when Chief Sumner Redstone (still its controlling shareholder) yanked the broadcast division from its cable siblings MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, among others, as well as movie studio Paramount Pictures.
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Viacom, which includes cable networks like MTV and the Paramount movie studio, was meant to be a growth stock.
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