Shari Redstone diagnosed thyroid cancer

Like the future of his father’s sprawling entertainment empire is at stake, Shari Redstone Has a surprising health revelation, disclosing that it was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

News, first reported by New York Timeswas confirmed Thursday by a spokesperson, who said that Redstone, 71, had been diagnosed earlier this spring. “Although it was a difficult period, it maintains all professional and philanthropic activities throughout its treatment, which is underway. She and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent,” said the spokesperson.

Redstone was discovered when she went to her doctor about two months ago for symptoms, including fatigue. The Redstone thyroid gland was withdrawn during an operation that took place last month, it declared to the Times. After the cancer cells have spread to its vocal cords, it is currently under radiation.

His health problems arrive as a redstone Overall Trends to finish a merger of $ 8 billion with Skydance Media, a transaction that awaits the approval of the Federal Communications Commission.

In a decision that threatened to thwart the procedure, President Donald Trump continued one of the key programs in Paramount Global, CBS ‘in November, CBS’ 60 minutes,, alleging That the program had broadcast a “strongly falsified interview” with its political rival, the former vice-president Kamala Harris, in order to strengthen its presidential chances.

While legal observers argued that the case has no merit and 60 minutes made a few new routine televisions, the FCC chief, named Trump, Brendan CarrRestored a complaint against CBS on the issue, even if he said he was thinking he was distinct from the pursuit of $ 20 million in Trump.

Fearing that Redstone seeks to settle the Trump prosecution to smooth out the way to the merger of Skydance, the Democratic senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, called him not to go back, calling the legal complaint “an attack on the United States Constitution and the first amendment” and an attempt to “extort” 60 minutes.

In the meantime, CBS information chiefs have suggested that they were faced with an additional examination because the merger remains in limbo. Producer Bill Owens left in April, saying that he was unable to make “independent decisions”. The head of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, resigned the following month, claiming that she and the company did not agree on “a path to go”.

With the Skydance Media transaction, Redstone sees the possibility of keeping the entertainment empire of Father Sumner Redstone whole and in the hands of Hollywood initiates. Sumner Redstone died in 2020 at the age of 97, and her daughter waged a difficult battle for control over her assets when her father’s health decreased in the late 2010s.

THE Times have reported that the people of Redstone say that it is more concentrated on its health, family and philanthropic efforts at this stage than on the Affairs of Paramount Global, even if it hopes to see the approved agreement.