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Viacom and CBS Have Officially Merged, Creating ViacomCBS

The companies recombine almost 14 years after splitting in 2

The new company, ViacomCBS, has more than $28 billion in revenue and 4.3 billion cumulative TV subscribers around the globe.Getty Images, Viacom, CBS
By Jason Lynch

December 4, 2019

Nearly 14 years after splitting into two separate companies, CBS Corp. and Viacom have officially tied the knot once again.

Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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