Viacom and CBS Exec Chair SUMNER REDSTONE "won’t have to submit to a battery of medical tests to determine his mental competence -- at least for now." An L.A. County Superior Court judge yesterday "denied a request by Redstone's former girlfriend, MANUELA HERZER, to speed up the legal process to determine whether Redstone is mentally fit to make decisions about his health." The case is being "closely watched because of its potential ramifications on Viacom and CBS" (LATIMES.com, 11/30).
POWER & INFLUENCE: Oilers Owner DARYL KATZ was ranked No. 3 on the EDMONTON JOURNAL's "Power 30" list for the city. Oilers C CONNOR MCDAVID was ranked No. 10, followed by Oilers Entertainment Group Vice Chair & CEO BOB NICHOLSON at No. 11 and CFL Edmonton Eskimos President & CEO LEN RHODES at No. 23 (EDMONTON JOURNAL, 11/29)....BROADCASTING & CABLE named CBS Sports Chair SEAN MCMANUS its Sports Exec of the Year (BROADCASTING & CABLE, 11/30 issue).
NAMES: Rory McIlroy Management Services Ltd "manages all the royalty payments from the golf star’s various endorsements for Nike sportswear, Omega watches, Bose, Upper Deck and computer games." The Dublin firm places a US$422.13M "book value on the firm’s intangible assets connected to the golfer’s brand" (IRISH EXAMINER, 12/1)....Rams Owner STAN KROENKE’s ex-business partner MICHAEL STAENBERG filed suit yesterday in St. Louis County Circuit Court, alleging that he also worked on a plan to "buy 200 acres in Maryland Heights," but is "now being wrongly excluded." Staenberg "demands a jury trial and damages totaling more than" $5M (BIZJOURNALS.com, 11/30)....A campaign led by Broncos LB VON MILLER to raise money for his charity, "Von's Vision," raised $12,356 through newly launched sports crowdfunding platform FanAngel, exceeding the initial goal of $10,000 (THE DAILY).
IN MEMORY: BILL JOHNSON, a longtime play-by-play voice for several Portland-area teams, including the Univ. of Portland and Linfield College, "passed away Sunday from heart failure" at the age of 71 (Portland OREGONIAN, 12/1).
