Private company

CBS

American broadcast television and radio network

CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS, an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Skydance Corporation.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Sep 18, 1927Founded1
  • Industrymedia industry1
  • HeadquartersCBS Building1
  • Founded inNew York City1
  • Websitecbs.com
  • Legal formsubsidiary company1
  • Slogan“Only CBS”1

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The story

Founded by Arthur Judson on Sep 18, 1927, in New York City.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Skydance Corporation since 2025

Subsidiaries

  • CBS Theatrical Films
  • Cinema Center Films
  • Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.
  • King World Productions
  • Viacom

Also owns

  • CBS Telenoticias
  • Showtime
  • WBWX
  • WHLM
  • Charlie Chaplin Studios since 1962

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1982TriStar Pictures became a subsidiary1
  2. 1962Acquired Charlie Chaplin Studios1

Timeline

  1. 2026Acquired Acquired by Skydance Corporation1
  2. 2025Acquired Acquired by Skydance Corporation1
  3. 2019Acquired Acquired by Paramount Global1
  4. 2005Acquired Acquired by CBS Corporation1
  5. 2000Acquired Acquired by Viacom1
  6. 1995Acquired Acquired by Westinghouse Electric Company1
  7. Sep 18, 1927Founded Founded in New York City1

Sources

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