Time set for walk out at Viacom today

-ZOE S. According to a press release, pissed off freelancers at media giant Viacom, will walk out the door today at 3pm in protest of some nasty and unfair changes in their benefits. Is this the only way CEO Phil Dauman and his henchmen can cut costs? The holiday season has arrived and you work for one of the largest media corporations in the world. You receive your invitation to the company’s annual holiday gala event, and along with it, you are given the alarming news that in a few weeks, large portions of your employee benefits – including health insurance and retirement benefits – will be slashed or cut. Tell Dauman to cut the perks available to him and his team while he's at it At 3 P.M. Today, What Will Sumner Do? [Intelligencer]

Viacom CEO Phil Dauman may be all that's good for business in Sumner Redstone's eyes, but he is so not cool

Phil Dauman, secretly got then Viacom CEO Tom Freston booted, and is also secretly behind the recent beef between Sumner Redstone and his look alike daughter Shari. Well at least that's what we think. He is that guy in those lifetime movies trying to drive a wedge between a wealthy old man and his kids. With his trim dark suits, gold cuff links and erect bearing, Philippe P. Dauman projects a sense of dignity and reserve that some in Hollywood regard as just this side of pompous. One industry insider called him "the quintessential New York suit."Dauman, 53, who just finished his first year as chief executive of the entertainment conglomerate Viacom Inc., is such a Manhattanite that he doesn't drive; he never even applied for a license. Viacom chief has clout, if not cool [LAT]