Paramount Global

Paramount Global
	Logo used since 2022
	Paramount headquarters at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Trade name	Paramount
Formerly	ViacomCBS Inc. (2019–2022)
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: PARAA (Class A); Nasdaq: PARA (Class B); S&P 500 component (PARA);
ISIN	US92556H2067
Industry	Media; Entertainment;
Predecessors	CBS Corporation; Viacom;
Founded	December 4, 2019
Headquarters	One Astor Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Shari Redstone (chairwoman); Bob Bakish (president and CEO);
Products	Books; Films; Music; Television programs; Web portals;
Services	Licensing; Broadcasting; Streaming; Television;
Revenue	US$30.15 billion (2022)
Operating income	US$2.342 billion (2022)
Net income	US$1.104 billion (2022)
Total assets	US$58.39 billion (2022)
Total equity	US$23.04 billion (2022)
Owner	National Amusements (9.7% equity, 79.9% voting power)
Number of employees	24,500 (December 2022)
Divisions	Paramount Pictures; CBS Entertainment Group; Paramount Media Networks; Paramount International Networks; Paramount Streaming; Paramount Consumer Products;
Subsidiaries	List of assets owned by Paramount Global
Website	paramount.com
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Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount, formerly as ViacomCBS) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. 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 changed its name to Paramount Global on February 16, 2022, the day after its Q4 earnings presentation.

Paramount's main properties include the namesake Paramount Pictures film and television studio, the CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of the CBS television network, television stations, BET Networks, (who owns the BET and VH1 channels, among others), and other CBS-branded assets), media networks (consisting of U.S.-based cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CMT, Paramount Network, and Showtime) and the company's streaming services (including Paramount+ and Pluto TV). It also has an international division that manages international versions of its pay TV networks, as well as region-specific assets including Argentina's Telefe, Chile's Chilevisión, India's Colors, the United Kingdom's Channel 5, and Australia's Network 10. Between 2011 and 2023, the division also owned a 30% stake in the Rainbow S.p.A. studio.

As of 2019, the company operates over 170 networks and reaches approximately 700 million subscribers in 180 countries.

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