Apparently Viacom's Sumner Redstone Likes Young Party Girls
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Sumner Redstone, the billionaire majority owner of CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA/B)and MTV Networks, has reportedly forced a young Los Angeles party girl onto his company, and told his executives to "make her happy."
The 87-year-old billionaire has apparently required that executives at Showtime, the pay-TV division of CBS controlled by Redstone, to put Rohini Singh on the company payroll.
Singh was also given a share package of 2,522 shares of Class B Viacom stock which was sold in March for $77,000, and was given free rein to pick any job that she would like. This comes despite the company having a hiring and salary freeze.
According to sources within CBS that spoke with Peter Lauria of the Daily Beast, Singh held jobs in casting, programming and other departments within the network, but ended up in public relations, due to her best attribute being an ability to party.
"No one was ever really sure what she did. She was just one of those girls who always showed up at the A-list parties for some reason," said one of the sources.
Singh denied knowing Redstone and that he had anything to do with getting her the position.
The 87-year-old billionaire has apparently required that executives at Showtime, the pay-TV division of CBS controlled by Redstone, to put Rohini Singh on the company payroll.
Singh was also given a share package of 2,522 shares of Class B Viacom stock which was sold in March for $77,000, and was given free rein to pick any job that she would like. This comes despite the company having a hiring and salary freeze.
According to sources within CBS that spoke with Peter Lauria of the Daily Beast, Singh held jobs in casting, programming and other departments within the network, but ended up in public relations, due to her best attribute being an ability to party.
"No one was ever really sure what she did. She was just one of those girls who always showed up at the A-list parties for some reason," said one of the sources.
Singh denied knowing Redstone and that he had anything to do with getting her the position.
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