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Thomas E. Freston (born November 22, 1945) is an American media executive and investor. Early life and education Freston grew up in Rowayton, Connecticut. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Michaels College 1967 and an Master of Business Administration from New York University (1969). Career Freston began his career in advertising at Benton & Bowles in 1970, which later merged with D’Arcy. In 1973, after a year of travel, he moved to South Asia to start a textile and clothing business, Hindu Kush, and worked and lived in New Delhi, India and Kabul, Afghanistan for eight years. Returning to the United States in 1980, he joined Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company (WASEC), a pioneer in the new field of cable television programming. He was one of the founding members of the team that created the music video channel MTV in 1981. As head of marketing, he worked on the “I Want My MTV” campaign that help make the new network a cultural phenomenon. In 1987 he became President and CEO of MTV Networks, a job held for 17 years. MTV Networks launched and operated networks including, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, VH1, Comedy Central, TV Land, Country Music Television, Noggin, and others. Its hit shows like SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, Blues Clues, Rugrats, The Real World, Beavis & Butthead, the Video Music Awards, Unplugged, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Behind the Music, Storytellers, 120 Minutes, South Park became pop culture mainstays. Freston grew MTV Networks into a global multi-billion-dollar business, expanding into international television, film production and product licensing and merchandising. MTV became the first international television network, with separate feeds in over 100 countries on every continent with hundreds of millions of viewers. MTV Networks produced 40 feature films with sister division Paramount that grossed over $2.1 billion worldwide. Films included Beavis & Butthead Do America, Napoleon Dynamite, Jackass, SpongeBob, Election, Zoolander, Team America, and others. VIACOM In 2004, after Viacom President and COO Mel Karmazin stepped down, Freston was named Co-President and COO of Viacom (along with Leslie Moonves). Freston oversaw MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Famous Music Publishing, and Simon & Schuster. On January 1, 2006, Viacom was split into suits two separate companies – the second Viacom, led by Freston, and CBS Corporation headed by Moonves. Both were under National Amusements administration until 2019. In September 2006, Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone stunned the entertainment industry when he fired Freston from his position of CEO. One of the chief reasons was that Freston had not moved decisively to buy MySpace, then the most popular social networking site. Instead, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation purchased it for $580 million. Redstone believed that the failure to acquire MySpace contributed to a drop in Viacom stock price in 2006. Freston successor as CEO, Philippe Dauman, was quoted as saying, "Never ever let another competitor beat us to the trophy." Redstone told interviewer Charlie Rose that losing MySpace had been "humiliating," adding, "MySpace was sitting there for the taking for $500 million. Murdoch's company ended up selling MySpace, which had largely declined with the rise of rival social network Facebook. In 2012 News Corporation sold MySpace for $35 million. POST-VIACOM Freston formed a consulting and investment company, Firefly3 LLC, that invested in media related start-ups. In 2007 he became the Board Chair of the ONE Campaign, an advocacy group fighting poverty and preventable disease in Africa founded by Bono, lead singer of U2, in 2004. As of 2024, he has served as Board Chair for 17 years. ONE is funded by the Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Open Society Foundation, and others. In 2007, he returned to Afghanistan to work with the Moby Group's Tolo TV, the leading private broadcaster in the country. Moby Group went on to launch other media businesses in India, Ethiopia, and other frontier markets. Freston served as both advisor and board member until 2018. In 2008, he became advisor to Oprah Winfrey for her launch of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a partnership with Discovery Networks. In 2011 Freston became a Senior Advisor to The Raine Group, a boutique merchant bank specializing in the technology, media, and telecom businesses (TMT). There he served on the boards of Vice Media, Margaritaville Enterprises, and Imagine Entertainment. He has served on the board of New America, a Washington DC-based think tank. He is a trustee Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History and has served on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has written 30+ travel related articles for Vanity Fair. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2010. He was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2005 Mr. Freston was cited in Time magazine's initial '100 Most Influential People in the World' issue. He has received many industry awards and honors. Personal life In 1980, Freston married Margaret Ellen Badali. They had two children and later divorced. In 1998, Freston married Kathy Law, a former model, self-help author, and health and wellness expert. They divorced in 2014. Bibliography Freston, Tom (Dec 2012). "Aung San Suu Kyi". V.F. Portrait. Vanity Fair. 628: 158–159. Retrieved 2015-10-09. Freston, Tom (Feb 2014). "The Promised Land". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Freston, Tom (Sep 2014). "Visiting Errol Flynn's Estate in the "Other" Jamaica". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Freston, Tom (April 2015). "Time Traveling in Marrakech". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Freston, Tom (Dec 2015). "Why MTV Co-Founder Tom Freston Is Hooked on India". Condé Nast Traveller. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Freston, Tom (Dec 2015). "In the War of Music vs. Terror, Bet on Music". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Freston, Tom (Jul 2017). "Showtime in the Sahara". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Freston, Tom (Aug 2019). "RED Scare". Airmail. References External links Old Viacom Bio at the Wayback Machine (archived June 11, 2005) Tom Freston at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. Discover the Margaret Karmazin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Margaret Karmazin books.
Best Seller Margaret Karmazin Books of 2024
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You Are Kind
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My Paper Heart
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Whiskey Girl
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Hot Off the Press
Lexy Timms"This is what really happened… reported by a free press, for a free people…" Wes Shaw leads a secret double life. As the secret owner of a billion dollar newspap...
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The Icing on the Cake
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Silver Santa
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Awaken Me
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Good Guy
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A Christmas Carol
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His Girl Next Door
Khardine GrayFrom USA Today Bestselling author Khardine Gray comes a sizzling hot single dad romance you won't want to miss. No strings attached fun with the ubergorgeous single d...
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The Great Gatsby
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Inception of Gold
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The Scarlet Letter
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Law of Attraction
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The Honeymoon Homicide
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All Fired Up
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Always Yours
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Death at Hazel House
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Never Enough
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A Bookshop to Die For
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Becoming Lady Dalton
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The Next Girl
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Assisting the Bosshole
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Bewitching a Highlander
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan DoyleAn Apple Books Classic You get not one, not two, but 25 gripping mysteries in Arthur Conan Doyle’s first of five collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Follow the brilliant ...
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His Own Heaven
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Become A Better Version of Yourself
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The Holy Bible - King James Version
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Man In The Water
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The Three Little Pigs
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Teased by Fire
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Dark Psychology and Manipulation
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Rogue Alpha
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Tempting the King
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Saltwater Cove
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School of Potential
W.J. MayUSA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or ...
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Pride and Prejudice
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Noxious
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Just Me
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Caught Up with the Captain
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Dream Psychology
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Escape, A New Life
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Dracula
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Hard Love
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How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days
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The Target
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The Stoic Mind
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Peace on Earth
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The Art of War
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Pretty Little Lies
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