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GREY STORY TURNS GRAY Tuesday, January 4 2005 
The
Los
Angeles
Times
,
which
first
reported
that
Brad
Grey
was
close
to
signing
a
deal
with
Viacom
to
become
head
of
Paramount,
is
reporting
today
(Tuesday)
that
negotiations
between
the
two
sides
have
bogged
down
over
how
much
the
company
will
pay
Grey
to
leave
his
own
firm,
Brillstein-Grey.
The
newspaper
said
in
today's
editions
that
Grey
has
told
friends
and
associates
that
he
hasn't
decided
whether
to
take
the
job
but
hopes
to
(more)BRAD GREY MAY HEAD PARAMOUNT Monday, January 3 2005 Talent manager and sometime producer Brad Grey is about to undergo the test of fire experienced by superagent Michael Ovitz a year ago -- going from seller of talent to buyer. According to a weekend report in the Los Angeles Times, Grey is about to be appointed head of Paramount Pictures, succeeding Sherry Lansing. The newspaper reported today (Monday) that officials of Paramount's parent company Viacom and Grey were finalizing a deal on Sunday that (more) |
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Viacom and Brad Grey were finally wed today (Thursday), after it had appeared for a time that Grey was considering fleeing the nuptials. Five days after the Los Angeles Times reported that the decision to name the talent agent chairman and CEO of Paramount was a done deal, Viacom Co-President and Co-COO Tom Freston made the appointment official. "Brad's smarts, style and instincts have made him a winner time after time over the years," Freston said in a statement. "He's an entrepreneur, a manager, a dealmaker, a hit maker and has that combination of creative business acumen. He's the ideal leader for the challenges of motion picture business today and tomorrow." Grey is expected to take over the job from current Paramount chief Sherry Lansing on March 1.
