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Tom Freston

Fmr. Pres. & CEO, Viacom

Tom Freston: Who are you? 1:42 Discuss
Tom Freston: What should we be asking ourselves? 1:00 Discuss
Tom Freston: If you had $100 billion to give away, how would you spend it? 1:49 Discuss
Tom Freston: What are we doing right? 1:58 Discuss
Tom Freston: How will this age be remembered? 1:22 Discuss
Tom Freston: What is your outlook? 1:03 Discuss
Tom Freston: The Income Gap 2:15 Discuss
Tom Freston: Celebrity 2:44 Discuss
Tom Freston: Iraq and the Media 1:25 Discuss
Tom Freston: What's the matter with media? 1:22 Discuss
Tom Freston: Paris Hiltonization of the news 4:27 Discuss
Tom Freston: Education 3:18 Discuss
Tom Freston: Where are we? 2:15 Discuss
Tom Freston: America's Place in the World 2:26 Discuss
Tom Freston: What forces have shaped America most? 1:30 Discuss
Tom Freston: What is the measure of a good life? 1:42 Discuss
Tom Freston: Religion and Faith 1:20 Discuss
Tom Freston: Our Better Angels Will Prevail 1:33 Discuss
Tom Freston: Great Books 0:53 Discuss
Tom Freston: Who inspires you? 1:21 Discuss
Tom Freston: Creative Process 1:52 Discuss
Tom Freston: Television and the Internet 1:42 Discuss
The Rebirth of Afghanistan 1:18 Discuss
Tom Freston: A New Chapter 4:08 Discuss
Tom Freston: Catching Flak 2:04 Discuss
Tom Freston: Beyond MTV 3:59 Discuss
Tom Freston: What do you do? 2:06 Discuss
Tom Freston: Time to Move on from Viacom 1:43 Discuss
Tom Freston: What was your biggest mistake? 1:53 Discuss

About Tom Freston

Tom Freston Tom Freston was one of MTV's founding executives and until recently served as CEO of Viacom. Freston is responsible for the generation-defining ad campaign "I Want My MTV." In 1987 he became the CEO of MTV Networks, using his position to advance the networks' position in new markets, as well as launching several ancillary product lines and tie-ins, including "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The Real World," "Beavis and Butthead," "South Park" and "SpongeBob Square Pants." From 2004, Freston led Viacom, overseeing all cable network properties (MTV Networks and Showtime Networks), the motion picture businesses of Paramount Pictures, and the publishing operations of Simon & Schuster. He resigned in September 2006. Freston was educated at New York University and is currently on the Board of Trustees for Emerson College in Boston. Ideas recorded on: 11/5/07

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