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CBS Directors Had Prior Talks on Contesting Redstone Control

CBS Directors Had Prior Talks on Contesting Redstone Control

Some board members discussed the special dividend, designed to dilute the Redstones’ controlling interest, with Martin Lipton, the board’s veteran corporate lawyer, “any number of times over the years,’’ according to a Delaware Chancery Court filing. The filing indicates the clash between Les Moonves, CBS’s chief executive officer, and Shari Redstone, president of the controlling shareholder National Amusements Inc., over the fate of America’s No. 1 prime-time TV network has been brewing for years.