Jonathan Dolgen, Former Viacom Entertainment Chief and Fox Executive, Dies at 78
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Jonathan Dolgen, the former head of Viacom Entertainment and a former top 20th Century Fox executive, died Oct.
9 of natural causes in Los Angeles. He was 78. For a decade, from 1994 until 2004, the hard-charging Dolgen led Viacom’s film, television and amusement parks, as well as Simon & Schuster and its music publishing operations, establishing a reputation for smarts, drive and relentless focus on costs and efficiency in operations.
He took the reins of Viacom’s entertainment assets not long after Sumner Redstone prevailed in a long and public battle with Barry Diller to acquire Paramount Pictures in September 1993. “You come to work in the morning,” Dolgen once told the New York Times in a profile shortly after he took the job at Viacom. “And you work 12 hours, and then you’re off 12 hours.
And then you come to work again, and you push, and keep pushing, and learn, and keep learning. And you begin to accomplish what you want. . . .
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