CBS Corporation

American mass media company (2005–2019)
Organization business Q950380
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CBS Corporation

Summary

CBS Corporation is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,571 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • CBS Corporation received the Peabody Awards[3].
  • CBS Corporation is in the country of United States[4].
  • CBS Corporation is in the country of FR[5].
  • CBS Corporation's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • CBS Corporation's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • CBS Corporation's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • CBS Corporation is owned by National Amusements[9].
  • CBS Corporation followed Spelling Television[10].
  • CBS Corporation followed Viacom[11].
  • CBS Corporation followed Columbia Pictures Television[12].
  • CBS Corporation was followed by Paramount Global[13].
  • CBS Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as CBS Building[14].
  • CBS Corporation's chief executive officer is recorded as Les Moonves[15].
  • CBS Corporation's has organizational division is recorded as CBS Records[16].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Westinghouse Licensing Corporation[17].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Paramount Domestic Television[18].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Paramount Streaming[19].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Home Entertainment[20].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as King World Productions[21].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Paramount Parks[22].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Sports Network[23].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Media Ventures[24].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Eventful[25].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Q861764[26].
  • CBS Corporation's child organization or unit is recorded as Desilu[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500A758OOKXMALJ78[28]

  • Registered legal name: Cbs[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): K65D[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 1957-01-01[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-06-12[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-05-22[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2017-06-12[38]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 786509836[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Holding[43]

  • Country: US[44]

  • Began / founded: 2006-01-03[45]

  • MusicBrainz ID: db3c17ad-ca46-4bb5-95ca-61fc2de9800b[46]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include November 30, 1997[47], December 31, 2005[48], and 1957-01-01[49]. CBS Corporation's location of formation is recorded as New York City[50].

Identity

CBS Corporation is part of S&P 500[51]. Predecessors include Spelling Television[10], Viacom[11], and Columbia Pictures Television[12]. It was followed by Paramount Global[13].

Leadership

CBS Corporation's chief executive officer is recorded as Les Moonves[15].

Operations

CBS Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as CBS Building[14]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as National Amusements[52]. Subsidiaries include Westinghouse Licensing Corporation[17], a business[53], founded in 1998[54], headquartered in New York City[55]; CBS Paramount Domestic Television[18], a business[56], founded in 2006[57]; Paramount Streaming[19], a media company[58], in United States[59], founded in 2007[60], headquartered in San Francisco[61]; CBS Home Entertainment[20], a business[62], in United States[63], founded in 1975[64], headquartered in Hollywood[65]; King World Productions[21], a business[66], in United States[67], founded in 1964[68], headquartered in New York City[69]; and Paramount Parks[22], a business[70], founded in 1992[71], headquartered in Charlotte[72].

Industry

Industries include media industry[73], television[74], radio broadcasting[75], and publishing[76].

Ownership

CBS Corporation is owned by National Amusements[9]. Its stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[77]. Products include CBS[78], The CW[79], Showtime[80], Simon & Schuster[81], Columbia Records[82], and CBS Radio[83].

Recognition

CBS Corporation received the Peabody Awards[3].

Dissolution

Dissolution dates include April 15, 2000[84] and December 4, 2019[85].

Why It Matters

CBS Corporation ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,571 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[86] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[87]

FAQs

What awards did CBS Corporation receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3].

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [86] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [87] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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