Editing Sumner Redstone (section)

==Books==
Redstone's autobiography, ''A Passion to Win''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Passion-to-Win/Sumner-Redstone/9780684862248 |title=''A Passion to Win'' by Sumner Redstone with Peter Knobler (2001) |date=June 5, 2001 |publisher=Books.simonandschuster.com |isbn=9780684862248 |access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> (co-written with author [[Peter Knobler]]), was published in 2001 by Viacom's [[Simon & Schuster]]. This book details Redstone's life from a young boy in Boston to the difficult takeover of Viacom and the problems he overcame in purchasing and managing both Blockbuster Video and Paramount Pictures. The book also recounts the CBS merger (Viacom was a spin-off company of CBS to syndicate its programs, and the subsidiary bought the parent almost 30 years later).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Feeney |first1=Mark |title=Sumner M. Redstone, media mogul who controlled CBS and Viacom, dies at 97 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/media-mogul-sumner-redstone-dies-at-97/ar-BB17RFVT |website=www.msn.com |access-date=August 12, 2020 |date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> [[Succession (TV series)|Succession]] creator [[Jesse Armstrong]] has stated that Redstone's biography A Passion to Win was an influence in creating the series.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Jesse |date=2023-05-27 |title=Jesse Armstrong on the roots of Succession: 'Would it have landed the same way without the mad bum-rush of Trump's presidency?' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/27/jesse-armstrong-on-the-roots-of-succession-bum-rush-trump-presidency |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Viacom's broadcasting properties at the time of ''A Passion to Win''{{'}}s release included several radio stations and two TV stations: [[WBZ-TV|WBZ CBS 4]], which had just become a CBS O&O through a merger with Westinghouse four years before Viacom and CBS merged, and [[WSBK-TV|WSBK UPN 38]] in Redstone's hometown, Boston.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Jeremy C. |title=Layoffs hit WBZ-TV as ViacomCBS consolidates |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/business/layoffs-hit-wbz-tv-viacomcbs-consolidates/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |date=May 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Boston TV Dial: WSBK-TV |url=https://www.bostonradio.org/stations/73982 |website=BostonRadio.org |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref>

In 2023 the book ''Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire'' was published in Cornerstone Press ([[Penguin Books]]), written by [[James B. Stewart]] and Rachel Abrams. The book tells the story of the Redstone dynasty.