MEDIA Conglomerates Instructor Amara Saeed CBS CBS Corporation

MEDIA Conglomerates Instructor Amara Saeed

CBS CBS Corporation was an American multinational media conglomerate with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing, and television production which was formed as the legal successor to the first incarnation of Viacom on January 1, 2006. It was one of two companies which succeeded the first Viacom, alongside the second incarnation of Viacom; both were controlled by National Amusements, a theater company controlled by billionaire Sumner Redstone. The spin-off was structured so that CBS Corporation would be the legal successor to the first Viacom, with the second Viacom being an entirely separated company.

CBS Corporation comprised the over-the-air television (CBS and The CW) broadcasting, television production and distribution, publishing, pay-cable, basic cable, and recording assets that were previously owned by the first Viacom. It was the world's eighth largest entertainment company in terms of revenue, and headquartered at the CBS Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

The second merger between CBS Corporation and Viacom, creating the combined company Viacom. CBS, was announced on August 13, 2019; the merger was completed on December 4, 2019.

CBS News controversies and criticism The Media Research Center, a right-wing media watchdog group led by L. Brent Bozell, has been especially critical about what it has perceived to be unduly favorable coverage of liberal topics by CBS. 1 Plagiarism 2 Benghazi Incident

VIACOM An American multinational mass media conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television, which was formed as a spin-off of the first Viacom on December 31, 2005. The second Viacom comprised Viacom Media Networks and Paramount Pictures, through which it operated approximately 170 networks and reached approximately 700 million subscribers in approximately 160 countries and growing. CBS Corporation retained the over-the-air broadcasting, television production, pay television subscription service, and publishing assets, which were previously owned by the first Viacom. The second Viacom was the world's ninth-largest media company in terms of revenue Its headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Viacom Criticism and Controversies MTV(Adding channels) Entertainment

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. 1 It is the world's largest telecommunications company. 2 It is the largest provider of mobile telephone services 3 It is the largest provider of fixed telephone services in the United States through AT&T Communications. Since June 14, 2018, it is also the parent company of mass media conglomerate Warner Media, making it the world's largest media and entertainment company in terms of revenue. As of 2018, AT&T is ranked #9 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

AT&T Criticism and Controversies Privacy controversy Discrimination against local Public-access television channels Information security