Experts
Tom Freston
Fmr. Pres. & CEO, Viacom
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Tom Freston talks about his life beyond MTV. Read More
January 3, 2008 | In Media & Internet
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Freston left Connecticut at 17, and never looked back. Read More
January 3, 2008 | In History
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Tom Freston: What should we be asking ourselves?
Am I part of the problem, or part of the solution? Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Tom Freston: If you had $100 billion to give away, how would you spend it?
The Gates Foundation, Freston says, would do a good job. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Tom Freston: What are we doing right?
More and more people, Freston says, are becoming masters of their own destinies. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Tom Freston: How will this age be remembered?
This is a transitional age, Freston says. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Future
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Tom Freston: What is your outlook?
Just look at Mao’s Great Leap Forward. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Future
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Freston, on the world's greatest challenge. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Business & Economics
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Why are we so obsessed with it? Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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Tom Freston: Iraq and the Media
Freston says there is plenty of responsibility to go around. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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Tom Freston: What's the matter with media?
And what needs to change? Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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Tom Freston: Paris Hiltonization of the news
How do we address this phenomenon? Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
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Special education and public responsibility. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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When you read the newspaper or watch the news, what issues stand out for you? Read More
December 18, 2007 | In World
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Tom Freston: America's Place in the World
Freston recalls the anti-Americanism of the Vietnam era. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Tom Freston: What forces have shaped America most?
We're all immigrants. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In History
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Tom Freston: What is the measure of a good life?
Be comfortable in your own skin. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Tom Freston: Religion and Faith
We must confuse God. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Belief
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Tom Freston: Do you have a political philosophy?
Freston rejects the Hobbesian view of mankind. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Freston, on Kerouac. Read More
December 18, 2007 | In Media & Internet
Tom Freston was one of MTV's founding executives and until recently served as CEO of Viacom. Freston is responsible for the generation-defining ad campaign "I Want My MTV." In 1987 he became the CEO of MTV Networks, using his position to advance the networks' position in new markets, as well as launching several ancillary product lines and tie-ins, including "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The Real World," "Beavis and Butthead," "South Park" and "SpongeBob Square Pants." From 2004, Freston led Viacom, overseeing all cable network properties (MTV Networks and Showtime Networks), the motion picture businesses of Paramount Pictures, and the publishing operations of Simon & Schuster. He resigned in September 2006. Freston was educated at New York University and is currently on the Board of Trustees for Emerson College in Boston.
Ideas recorded on: 11/5/07
