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- ViacomCBS has renamed itself Paramount in a nod to the company’s historic moviemaking past — and its streaming future. Chairwoman Shari Redstone announced the name change this week during a virtual investor day to share the company’s strategy and upcoming programming.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation, doing business as Paramount Pictures (also known simply as Paramount ), is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is the sixth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal ...
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Feb 16, 2022 · By the 1990s, Paramount was operating as Paramount Communications Inc. after Gulf+Western rebranded itself with that name in 1989 (this ViacomCBS name change is not the first time a company has...
Feb 15, 2022 · ViacomCBS has renamed itself Paramount in a nod to the company’s historic moviemaking past — and its streaming future. Chairwoman Shari Redstone announced the name change this week during a...
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Feb 29, 2024 · In 1914, Famous Players merged with a prestigious sounding outfit founded by distributor W.W. Hodkinson, Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Feb 15, 2022 · ViacomCBS will change its corporate name to Paramount as of Feb. 16, calling the move an effort to adopt “an iconic global name” to reflect the conglomerate’s increasingly worldwide focus.
Paramount Television (second incarnation by Viacom) – renamed Paramount Television Studios to avoid confusion with the first incarnation (now CBS Studios). CBS Interactive – renamed to ViacomCBS Streaming (later Paramount Streaming )
Feb 17, 2022 · Beginning this week, the company—which owns the streamer Paramount+, CBS, and cable properties like MTV and Comedy Central—is rebranding to Paramount. (Technically, the name will be Paramount Global.) The corporate rebranding harks back to the company’s roots.
