Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

American multinational media conglomerate 1928-1974
Organization media_conglomerate Q61782110
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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

Summary

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. is a media conglomerate[1].

Key Facts

  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. is in the country of United States[2].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as media conglomerate[3].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as holding company[4].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141895272[5].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80126230[6].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s IdRef ID is recorded as 027356531[7].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as American Record Corporation[8].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Recording Corporation[9].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Records, Inc.[10].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Schallplatten GmbH[11].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Holt, Rinehart, and Winston[12].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Popular Library[13].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s archives at is recorded as National Archives and Records Administration[14].
  • +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.[15].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. was dissolved in +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s replaced by is recorded as CBS, Inc.[17].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s official name is recorded as Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.[18].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s legal form is recorded as corporation[19].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s different from is recorded as CBS[20].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s Discogs label ID is recorded as 567392[21].
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/939dde29-2997-493c-a0e2-0b12c93b9a58[22].

Body

Founding

+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.[15].

Identity

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.'s official name is recorded as Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.[18].

Operations

Subsidiaries include American Record Corporation[8], a record company[23], in United States[24], founded in 1929[25]; Columbia Recording Corporation[9], a record company[26], founded in 1947[27]; Columbia Records, Inc.[10], a record company[28], in United States[29], founded in 1954[30], headquartered in New York City[31]; CBS Schallplatten GmbH[11], a business[32], in West Germany[33], founded in 1963[34], headquartered in Frankfurt[35]; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston[12], a publishing house[36], in United States[37], founded in 1960[38], headquartered in New York[39]; and Popular Library[13], a publishing house[40], in United States[41], founded in 1942[42].

Dissolution

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. was dissolved in +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].

References

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  6. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] . Dictionary of Literary Biography. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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

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