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Sony Sues CBS for Self-Dealing on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’
Sony accused CBS of failing to properly distribute its iconic game shows, and of pocketing fees that should have been shared.
Sony filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing CBS of self-dealing and of failing to maximize revenues in its syndication of “ Wheel of Fortune ” and “ Jeopardy! The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also alleges that Sony recently learned that CBS had entered into unauthorized deals in New Zealand and Australia, and had pocketed $3.6 million in fees. “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” were developed and produced by Merv Griffin Enterprises in the late 1970s and early ’80s, and were originally syndicated by King World.
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