CBS Corporation

American mass media company (2005–2019)

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Company type: Public
Traded as: NYSE : CBS.A (Class A) NYSE : CBS (Class B non voting)
Industry: Mass media
Predecessor: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (first incarnation) Viacom (second incarnation)
Founded: November 30, 1997 ; 28 years ago ( 1997-11-30 ) (first incarnation), December 31, 2005 ; 20 years ago ( 2005-12-31 ) (second incarnation)
Defunct: April 15, 2000 ; 26 years ago ( 2000-04-15 ) (first incarnation), December 4, 2019 ; 6 years ago ( 2019-12-04 ) (second incarnation)
Fate: Merged with the first incarnation of Viacom Merged with the second incarnation of Viacom to form ViacomCBS
Successor: Viacom (first incarnation), Paramount Global (second incarnation)
Headquarters: CBS Building , New York City , U.S.
Area served: Worldwide, with main operations in the United States and Australia
Key people: Strauss Zelnick , (interim chairman) Joseph Ianniello , (president and acting CEO)
Products: Movie production , TV production , broadcasting , cable television , record label , publishing , Internet
Revenue: US$ 14.514 billion (2018)
Operating income: US$ 2.768 billion (2018)
Net income: US$ 1.960 billion (2018)
Total assets: US$ 21.86 billion (2018)
Total equity: US$ 2.80 billion (2018)
Owner: National Amusements (80% voting power)

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Type: Company
Founded: 1886
Location: New York, United States
Also known as: Columbia Broadcasting System
Status: Active

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Instance of: public company
Part of: S&P 500
Award: Peabody Awards
Country: United States
Headquarters: CBS Building
Owned by: National Amusements
Parent organization: National Amusements
Subsidiary: UPN
CEO: Les Moonves
Industry: radio broadcasting
Employees: 25920
Revenue: 13950000000
Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange
Legal form: public company
Followed by: Paramount Global
Follows: Columbia Pictures Television
Official website: www.cbscorporation.com
Image: Cbs-building.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:CBS Corporation
inception: 2005-12-31
location of formation: New York City
operating income: -12150000000
product or material produced: CBS Studios
net profit: -11673000000
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2019-12-04
Commons category: CBS
organizational division: CBS Records

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CBS Corporation, commonly known as CBS Corp or simply CBS, was the name of an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing and television production. The first incarnation of the company was formed on November 30, 1997 after the Westinghouse Electric Corporation was renamed as CBS Corporation. It later merged with Viacom on April 15, 2000. The second incarnation was formed after it was split from Viacom on December 31, 2005, alongside an entirely new Viacom; both the second CBS Corporation and the second Viacom were controlled by National Amusements, a theater company owned by billionaire Sumner Redstone.

CBS Corporation comprised the over-the-air television broadcasting (CBS and The CW (50% with Warner Bros. Entertainment)), television production and distribution, publishing, pay-cable, and recording assets that were previously owned by the first Viacom. It was the world's eighth largest entertainment company in terms of revenue and headquartered at the CBS Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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