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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
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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.

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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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