CBS, Inc.

Summary

CBS, Inc. is a media conglomerate^[1].

Key Facts

• CBS, Inc. is in the country of United States^[2].
• CBS, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as media conglomerate^[3].
• CBS, Inc.'s has organizational division is recorded as CBS Associated Records^[4].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Records, Inc.^[5].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Discos, Inc.^[6].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Discos CBS Indústria e Comércio Ltda.^[7].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Schallplatten GmbH^[8].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Dischi S.p.A.^[9].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Holt, Rinehart, and Winston^[10].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Fawcett Publications^[11].
• CBS, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Popular Library^[12].
• 1974 marks the founding of CBS, Inc.^[13].
• CBS, Inc. was dissolved in 1997^[14].
• CBS, Inc.'s replaces is recorded as Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.^[15].
• CBS, Inc.'s replaced by is recorded as CBS Broadcasting, Inc.^[16].
• CBS, Inc.'s official name is recorded as CBS, Inc.^[17].
• CBS, Inc.'s legal form is recorded as corporation^[18].
• CBS, Inc.'s different from is recorded as CBS^[19].

Product Details

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• Type: Holding^[20]

• Began / founded: 1927^[21]

• MusicBrainz ID: 27795d9f-3994-4643-9cd2-c5f2b304472d^[22]

Body

Founding

1974 marks the founding of CBS, Inc.^[13].

Identity

CBS, Inc.'s official name is recorded as CBS, Inc.^[17].

Operations

Subsidiaries include Columbia Records, Inc.^[5], a record company^[23], in United States^[24], founded in 1954^[25], headquartered in New York City^[26]; CBS Discos, Inc.^[6], a record company^[27], in United States^[28], founded in 1979^[29], headquartered in Miami^[30]; Discos CBS Indústria e Comércio Ltda.^[7], a record company^[31], in Brazil^[32], founded in 1971^[33], headquartered in Rio de Janeiro^[34]; CBS Schallplatten GmbH^[8], a business^[35], in West Germany^[36], founded in 1963^[37], headquartered in Frankfurt^[38]; CBS Dischi S.p.A.^[9], a record company^[39], in Italy^[40], founded in 1977^[41], headquartered in Milan^[42]; and Holt, Rinehart, and Winston^[10], a publishing house^[43], in United States^[44], founded in 1960^[45], headquartered in New York^[46].

Dissolution

CBS, Inc. was dissolved in 1997^[14].