Paramount mulls $1.7B offer to sell BET to its CEO and NYC private equity firm: report

He remained the CEO until 2006. With Post Wires Shari Redstone has gone back to the drawing board to sell a piece of struggling media giant Paramount Global. The Post has sought comment from Paramount and BET. 6 Last month, Shari Redstone, controlling shareholder of Paramount parent company National Amusements, pulled out of a proposed merger with Skydance. REUTERS The company reportedly entered exclusive talks to sell Black Entertainment Television network to a group of buyers headed by BET CEO Scott Mills ...