CBS Corporation

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mass media company public company television broadcasting company

CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
CBS Corporation canonical 32
CBS 2
CBS Corporation (post‑merger broadcasting operations) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass media company ⓘ
public company ⓘ
television broadcasting company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 2019 ⓘ
foundedAs successor to the original Viacom after 2005 split ⓘ
headquartersLocation Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan, New York

New York City ⓘ
industry broadcasting ⓘ
film production ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
television production ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mergedWith Viacom ⓘ
surface form: Viacom Inc. (2005–2019) in 2019
mergerFormed Paramount Global ⓘ
surface form: ViacomCBS
notableAsset CBS Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: CBS Broadcast Center (New York production facility)

CBS Television City ⓘ
surface form: CBS Television City (production facility, Los Angeles)
notableCEO Leslie Moonves ⓘ
notableChairman Sumner Redstone ⓘ
notableExecutive Joseph Ianniello ⓘ
operated book publishing business via Simon & Schuster ⓘ
broadcast television network ⓘ
cable television networks ⓘ
radio stations (until divestiture to Entercom) ⓘ
streaming media services ⓘ
owned CBS ⓘ
surface form: CBS (television network)

Paramount+ ⓘ
surface form: CBS All Access (streaming service, rebranded Paramount+)

CBS Films ⓘ
CBS Interactive ⓘ
CBS News ⓘ
CBS Outdoor (later Outfront Media, before spin-off) ⓘ
CBS Radio ⓘ
surface form: CBS Radio (until divestiture)

CBS Sports ⓘ
CBS Sports Network ⓘ
CBS Studios ⓘ
surface form: CBS Studios International

CBS Television Distribution ⓘ
CBS Television Stations ⓘ
CBS Studios ⓘ
surface form: CBS Television Studios

CBS News ⓘ
surface form: CBSN (now CBS News Streaming Network)

CNET (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ
ET Live (entertainment streaming service) ⓘ
Fox Interactive Media ⓘ
surface form: GameSpot (via CBS Interactive)

Last.fm (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ
Metacritic ⓘ
surface form: Metacritic (via CBS Interactive)

Pop (TV network) ⓘ
surface form: Pop TV (formerly TVGN, joint venture with Lionsgate)

Showtime ⓘ
surface form: Showtime Networks

Simon & Schuster ⓘ
CBS ⓘ
surface form: TV.com (via CBS Interactive)

The CW ⓘ
surface form: The CW (50% stake, via CBS Entertainment Group)
ownedBrand Eye logo of CBS ⓘ
parentCompany National Amusements, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: National Amusements (through voting control)
predecessor Viacom ⓘ
surface form: Viacom Inc. (original, pre-2006)
reasonForDissolution merger with Viacom to form ViacomCBS ⓘ
segment CBS Sports Network ⓘ
surface form: Cable Networks (Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network)

Entertainment (CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Television Distribution) ⓘ
Interactive (CBS Interactive) ⓘ
CBS Radio ⓘ
surface form: Local Broadcasting (CBS Television Stations, CBS Radio)

Simon & Schuster ⓘ
surface form: Publishing (Simon & Schuster)
successor Paramount Global ⓘ
Paramount Global ⓘ
surface form: ViacomCBS
tradedAs NYSE: CBS ⓘ
NYSE: CBS.A (Class A voting shares) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation → successor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Paramount Global → predecessor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viacom Inc.
Paramount Global → predecessor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
NCIS → distributor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: CBS Media Ventures
The CW → parentCompanyAtLaunch → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Oswald George Nelson → employer → CBS Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: CBS
TriStar Pictures → foundedBy → CBS Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: CBS
CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City → formerOwner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: CBS Building
CBS Television Distribution → parentCompany → CBS Corporation ⓘ
CBS Television Distribution → ownedBy → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Group W → successorOrganization → CBS Corporation ⓘ
CBS Building → occupant → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company → successor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: CBS Corporation (post‑merger broadcasting operations)
NASDAQ:PARA → hasPredecessor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Paramount Global
NASDAQ:PARA → formedByMergerOf → CBS Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Paramount Global
National Amusements, Inc. → hasControllingStakeIn → CBS Corporation ⓘ
National Amusements, Inc. → parentOrganizationOf → CBS Corporation ⓘ
National Amusements, Inc. → majorShareholderOf → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Shari Redstone → employer → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Shari Redstone → boardMemberOf → CBS Corporation ⓘ
CBS Films → parentCompany → CBS Corporation ⓘ
CBS Films → owner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
TNN → owner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
WCBS (AM) → formerOwner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
chairman of CBS → jurisdiction → CBS Corporation ⓘ
chairman of CBS → isPositionAt → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Viacom Productions → associatedWith → CBS Corporation ⓘ
UPN → ownedBy → CBS Corporation ⓘ
UPN → parentCompanyAtClosure → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Viacom → predecessor → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Paramount Australia & New Zealand → parentOrganizationFormerName → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Smithsonian Channel → formerOwner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Black Rock → formerOwner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
CBS Television City → formerOwner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
King World Productions → parentCompany → CBS Corporation ⓘ
King World library → successorLibraryOwner → CBS Corporation ⓘ
Sumner Redstone → employer → CBS Corporation ⓘ