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Article: Fort Sumner.
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- April 12, 2000
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Viacom chairman tells NAB crowd to unite, concentrate on big battles
Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone told NAB convention attendees Monday that NAB members have to stop bickering about specific issues like the ownership caps and present a united front in bigger battles yet to be fought.
It was a clear reference to Fox and NBC, both of which quit the NAB because it refused to back off its aggressive opposition to raising current TV station ownership caps. Redstone told attendees that the NAB "is not the place for intramural jousting about the market cap or any other issue. We have more universal threats that require all of our united attention."
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