Former Viacom Entertainment Group Chairman Jonathan Dolgen was elected to serve on the board of Paul Allen’s Charter Communications, the cable operator announced Friday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Mr. Dolgen was ousted in July from Viacom and presently serves as a senior advisor to Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone, the filing stated.
In addition to announcing Mr. Dolgen’s new role at Charter, the company disclosed that Charter paid Viacom approximately $188 million in programming fees for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2003, and incurred $4.7 million in marketing expenses related to the carriage of Viacom channels.
The company also said that it named HealthSouth Chairman Robert May a director. HealthSouth is a Birmingham, Ala.-based health-care services provider currently under investigation for a $2.7 billion accounting scandal allegedly orchestrated by former chairman and CEO Richard Scrushy.
Mr. May served as chief operating officer and a member of the board at Cablevision Systems from 1996 to 1998.
The appointments of Mr. Dolgen and Mr. May bring to 12 the total number of board members.
Charter Names HealthSouth Chairman, Jonathan Dolgen to its Board
Oct 22, 2004 • Post A Comment