Viacom

Summary

Viacom is a business^[1]. Viacom ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (645 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Viacom is in the country of United States^[3].
• Viacom's image is recorded as Viacom building.jpg^[4].
• Viacom's image is recorded as Cbs-building.jpg^[5].
• Viacom's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Viacom's instance of is recorded as production company^[7].
• Viacom's founder is recorded as Sumner Redstone^[8].
• Viacom's founder is recorded as Ralph Baruch^[9].
• Viacom's owned by is recorded as CBS^[10].
• Viacom's logo image is recorded as Viacom-old.svg^[11].
• Viacom's logo image is recorded as Viacom Pinball Logo.svg^[12].
• Viacom's logo image is recorded as Viacom's logo from 1976-1990.svg^[13].
• Viacom's logo image is recorded as Viacom V0D (Filmed, 1970's).png^[14].
• Viacom's followed by is recorded as CBS Corporation^[15].
• Viacom's followed by is recorded as Viacom^[16].
• Viacom's headquarters location is recorded as One Astor Plaza^[17].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Paramount Media Networks^[18].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as CBS^[19].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Paramount Television Studios^[20].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Rhymesayers Entertainment^[21].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Paramount Pictures^[22].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Paramount Television^[23].
• Viacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Simon & Schuster^[24].
• Viacom's industry is recorded as broadcasting^[25].
• +1971-05-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Viacom^[26].
• Viacom was dissolved in +2006-01-03T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Founding

Founders include Sumner Redstone^[8] and Ralph Baruch^[9]. +1971-05-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Viacom^[26]. Viacom's location of formation is recorded as New York City^[28].

Identity

Successors include CBS Corporation^[15] and Viacom^[16].

Operations

Viacom's headquarters location is recorded as One Astor Plaza^[17]. Parent organizations include CBS^[29], a television network^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1927^[32], headquartered in CBS Building^[33] and National Amusements^[34], a cinema chain^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1936^[37], headquartered in Norwood^[38]. Subsidiaries include Paramount Media Networks^[18], a division^[39], founded in 1984^[40], headquartered in New York City^[41]; CBS^[19], a television network^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1927^[44], headquartered in CBS Building^[45]; Paramount Television Studios^[20], a television production company^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 2013^[48], headquartered in Los Angeles^[49]; Rhymesayers Entertainment^[21], a record label^[50], in United States^[51], founded in 1995^[52], headquartered in Minneapolis^[53]; Paramount Pictures^[22], a film production company^[54], in United States^[55], founded in 1912^[56], headquartered in Los Angeles^[57]; and Paramount Television^[23], a television production company^[58], in United States^[59], founded in 1968^[60], headquartered in Los Angeles^[61].

Industry

Viacom's industry is recorded as broadcasting^[25].

Ownership

Viacom's owned by is recorded as CBS^[10].

Dissolution

Viacom was dissolved in +2006-01-03T00:00:00Z^[27].

Why It Matters

Viacom ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (645 views/month).^[2] Viacom has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[62] Viacom is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[63]