Paramount Global
American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate (2019–2025)
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Paramount Global, also known by its trade name as simply Paramount and formerly ViacomCBS, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan.
Established through the merger of the second incarnations of Viacom and CBS Corporation, which were split from the original Viacom on December 31, 2005, it took its latest name on February 16, 2022. Paramount's main properties include the namesake Paramount Pictures Corporation, the CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of the CBS television network and television stations as well as The CW and other CBS-branded assets), the BET Media Group (which oversees BET and its sister channels), Paramount Media Networks (consisting of locally-based cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CMT, Paramount Network and Showtime) and Paramount Streaming (including Paramount+ and Pluto TV).
📰 Related News (2)
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🇺🇸 Activist investor Ancora publicly opposes the WBD-Netflix deal
An investment group is trying to sway Netflix shareholders to reject the WBD deal in favor of Paramount....
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🇺🇸 Paramount sweetens offer for Warner Bros. shareholders in hostile takeover fight
Paramount is intensifying its efforts to take over Warner Bros...
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