MTV Networks Sues News Corp.
NEW YORK — Viacom International Inc.’s MTV Networks is suing News Corp. and its Fox Kids Worldwide unit, claiming they illegally hired Richard Cronin, senior vice president of MTV.
The suit, filed Friday in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, also names Cronin as a defendant. It says Cronin broke his contract calling for him to stay at MTV Networks until June 30, 1998.
Fox said last week that it had hired Cronin as chief executive of its Fox Kids network and the Family Channel. It said MTV had terminated Cronin’s contract early.
A Fox spokesman said the company did not violate the contract, because it hired Cronin after MTV fired him.
Viacom and MTV are seeking unspecified monetary damages and an order barring Cronin from working for Fox or other MTV rivals until July 1998.
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