Those properties include the cable channels, Nickelodeon, MTV and VH-1.

Its revenue also rose, led by strong results at its cable networks unit, which includes MTV and Nickelodeon.

Television appearances have been brief, though include VH1 and MTV.

Today Viacom, whose cable television channels include Nickelodeon and MTV, has 25 floors in the building at 45th Street.

Her media publications include MTV, Salon.com, 60 Minutes, and many more.

Ms. Ryerson, 49, once turned down a cable television package because it included MTV.

Viacom's cable networks, which include MTV and Nickelodeon, are uniformly healthy.

Viacom said that revenue for the cable networks, which include MTV, Nickelodeon and Showtime, rose 15 percent, to $1.9 billion.

The cable buy may include MTV, VH-1 and others that are now in negotiation.

These include MTV: Music Television (in which Maxwell holds a 15.1 percent stake) and sports programming.