CBS and Viacom have agreed to merge - after 13 years apart and two stalled merger attempts in recent years - bringing TV channels like MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and BET under the same ...
from "interfering" in a meeting to discuss the merger. It also wants to dilute the shareholdings of NAI, which has voting control at both CBS and Viacom. NAI said it was outraged" at the move.
Shares of Viacom slipped as much as 2% on Friday morning after a report said merger talks with CBS could advance next week. The CBS board is reportedly worried about Viacom's management team ...
The merger marks the end of the Redstones' decadeslong run of the companies, previously split between two companies, CBS and Viacom. "As you know, my father built Viacom and CBS by bringing ...
Though National Amusements now controlled both Viacom and CBS, the businesses remained separate for decades afterward, and in the 2010s the possibility of a merger became the subject of a high ...