The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
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Inside Story of Sumner Redstone’s Attempt to Fire Tom Cruise and MTV’s Rock Era, with Tom Freston
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Maureen Callahan is joined by Tom Freston, cofounder of MTV and author of “Unplugged: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu,” to discuss his relationship with Sumner Redstone and their clash over Tom Cruise, the rock and roll era of MTV, Freston’s life after MTV and how he navigated his exit from the company, and more.
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