Sumner Redstone's fax to Den Fitz

Now that Sumner Redstone has finally unloaded Midway Games, it seems like a good time to post one of my most prized possessions: a 2005 fax Redstone sent me pumping Midway stock.

As background, the billionnaire media mogul was always very aggressive in promoting Midway, especially in the year or two after he took control -- 2005 and 2006 -- when it looked like there was hope for its future. As one of the most powerful businessmen in the country, it was nigh impossible to get him on the phone for most stories. But when I or my colleagues were doing a piece about even the most jejune deal. See this story about a licensing deal with Warner Bros. to make a "Happy Feet" game, for instance.

Redstone also said in that very story, when asked whether his own Viacom would buy the publisher, ""If Viacom should choose to try buying Midway, it will have plenty of competition." I have a feeling today's $100,000 purchase is not the competition he had in mind.

So in June of 2005, I got a fax from Sumner, directly to me, sharing good news. But it's not a prized possession just because he wrote me. What I really love is the misspelling of not only my last name (perhaps understandable) but also my first name: