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 ...

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 ...

Paramount said Bakish, who started with predecessor company Viacom in 1997 and worked there through CBS’ merger, is being replaced by an “office of CEO,” made up of three top executives.

A merger between CBS and Viacom has been floated and attempted several times over the last few years. Last year, the two media giants came close to merging but the deal fell apart because of ...