 Logo used from 2005 to 2019 | |
 Headquarters at theCBS Building inNew York City | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Predecessors | |
| Founded | December 31, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-12-31) |
| Defunct | December 4, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-12-04) |
| Fate | Merged with thesecond incarnation of Viacom |
| Successor | Paramount Global |
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Area served | Worldwide, with main operations in theUnited States andAustralia |
Key people |
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| Products | Movie production,TV production,broadcasting,cable television,record label,publishing,Internet |
| Revenue |  US$ 14.514 billion (2018) |
 US$ 2.768 billion (2018) | |
| 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) |
Number of employees | ~12,700 (2017) |
| Divisions | CBS Entertainment CBS Cable Networks CBS Publishing CBS Local Media CBS Experiences[1] |
| Subsidiaries | CBS CBS Interactive CBS Records CBS Sports Network CBS Television Distribution CBS Television Studios Showtime Networks Simon & Schuster Digital assets ofTV Guide The CW (jv; with WB 50%) Pop TV |
| Website | www.cbscorporation.com (archived Dec 4, 2019) |
| Footnotes / references [note 1][2] | |
CBS Corporation (also known as CBS Entertainment in production) was an Americanmass media corporation focused onbroadcasting,publishing, andtelevision production. Until 2005, the company was known asViacom. A new company, keeping theViacom name, wasspun off from CBS.
In 2019, CBS Corporation andViacom weremerged together. This createdViacomCBS, a combination of the two companies. The merger was finished on December 4, 2019.[3]