M&A Overpayment Fears At Viacom; Viacom Part Sale?; Freston’s Future Gig?

A day after the craziest big media shakeup, speculation is rife on various aspects of Viacom, as well the future of the ousted CEO Tom Freston.
— First, the overpayment fears as Viacom doubles down on digital media focus…that it may play inflated valuations for the sites left: Facebook, Bebo and others, after it lost out on MySpace/IGN (one of the purported reasons why Freston was shunted out). New CEO Phillipe Dauman told FT that he would not pursue any big acquisitions. Instead, relying on his experience as a private equity investor, he would attempt to identify start-up companies earlier in their lifecycle, before they can spark a bidding war. However some analysts were skeptical, and expect big deals coming out of desperation.
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