After a protracted power struggle pitting him against Redstone and his daughter Shari, and in the midst of underperforming movies at the conglomerate's Paramount film studio and sliding ratings at its cable networks, Viacom's CEO was ousted during a board meeting Aug. 17. The plan called for COO Thomas Dooley to be immediately installed as interim CEO, while Dauman would remain nonexecutive chairman until Sept. 13. Dauman, though, effectively left Viacom two months earlier than that, with a golden parachute worth at least $72 million. Dooley left on Nov. 15, replaced on an interim basis by Robert Bakish, who had been running Viacom's international operations. On Dec. 12, Viacom made Bakish its permanent CEO.