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Website. www.viacom.com (archived Dec 3, 2019) The second incarnation of Viacom Inc. ( / ˈvaɪəkɒm / VY-ə-kom or / ˈviːəkɒm / VEE-ə-kom; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.
- December 31, 2005; 17 years ago
- Public
The second incarnation of Viacom Inc., was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television. It was established on December 31, 2005, as one of two companies which succeeded the original Viacom, alongside the second CBS Corporation.
The 2019 merger of CBS Corporation and Viacom was announced on August 13, 2019, and was completed on December 4, 2019. The merger of equals reunited CBS Corporation and Viacom into a single company known as ViacomCBS (today known as Paramount Global) after their separation from the first incarnation of Viacom on December 31, 2005.
- US$15.4 billion
- CBS Corporation
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- Viacom
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The company was formed on December 4, 2019, as ViacomCBS Inc. through the merger of the second incarnations of CBS Corporation and Viacom (which were split from the original Viacom on December 31, 2005). The company took its current name on February 16, 2022, the day after its Q4 earnings presentation.
- ViacomCBS Inc. (2019–2022)
- Paramount
- December 4, 2019; 3 years ago
- Public
Aug 13, 2019 · Popular on Variety. The Viacom acquisition came nearly five years after Westinghouse paid $5.4 billion for CBS in 1995. In acquiring CBS, Redstone touted the ability to advertise and...
Historical daily share price chart and data for Viacom Inc. from 2005 to 2019 adjusted for splits and dividends. VIAB was delisted after December 04, 2019. The latest closing stock price for Viacom Inc. on December 04, 2019 is 24.22. The all-time high Viacom Inc. closing stock price was 76.71 on July 18, 2014.
This article is about the 2005-2019 incarnation of Viacom. For the original incarnation, see Viacom Productions. For other uses, see Viacom (disambiguation).
