Redstone Pushes Reporter to Unmask Story Source

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 | by Pat's Picks

Sumner Redstone makes the New York Post this morning for some bizarre behavior. The Viacom chief left a rambling voicemail for a Daily Beast reporter offering him money in exchange for the name of a confidential source who leaked information about Redstone’s infatuation with the fledgling girl band, the Electric Barbarellas. Redstone has been pushing MTV to make a reality series about the band, for whom he has been trying to secure a record deal for months. The call from Redstone was in reaction to a quote that called the girl-band “talent-less.”