Acquisition of CBS Corporation and Viacom by Verizon

The acquisition of CBS Corporation and Viacom by Verizon Communications took place on April 14, 2020. The acquisition included a majority of assets from CBS Corporation (including the CBS television network, 50% of The CW, CBS-owned cable channels including Showtime Networks, CBS Interactive, publishing company Simon & Schuster and Australian television broadcaster Ten Network Holdings) and the all of the assets from Viacom (including domestic and international networks such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and BET Networks, and Paramount Pictures). When the deal closed, the units from both companies were integrated into the Verizon Media division (with the exception of Simon & Schuster, which became a new division named Verizon Publishing), bringing them under the same umbrella as Verizon's internet properties AOL and Yahoo!, with the company, owned 12% by National Amusements (the former parent company of CBS and Viacom) dropped "Communications" from its name, now being simply known as Verizon.
==History==
===Early information (September 2016-July 2019)===
===Accquisition process (July 2019-April 2020)===
==Assets==
===Accquired by Verizon===
====From CBS Corporation====
*CBS
**CBS News
**CBS Sports
*The CW (50%)
*CBS Television Studios
**CBS Studios International
***Ten Network Holdings
**CBS Television Distribution
*CBS Television Stations
**Decades (50%)
*CBS Cable Networks
**CBS Sports Network
**Showtime Networks
**Pop
*CBS Interactive
**CBS All Access
*Simon & Schuster
**Atria Publishing Group
**Gallery Publishing Group
**Scribner's
====From Viacom====
*Viacom Media Networks
**BET Networks
**CMT
***CMT Music
**Comedy Central
**Logo
**MTV
**Nickelodeon
***Nick Jr.
***NickMusic
***TeenNick
**Paramount Network
**TV Land
**VH1
*Viacom International Media Networks
**Viacom International Media Networks Asia
***Viacom 18 (49%)
**Viacom International Media Networks Europe
***Channel 5
**Viacom International Media Networks The Americas
*Paramount Pictures
**Paramount Players
**Paramount Animation
**Paramount Television
*Bellator Kickboxing
*Bellator MMA
*Pluto TV
*Viacom Digital Studios
**AwesomenessTV
*VidCon
*WhoSay
Category:Verizon
Category:Mergers and acquisitions