Paramount

Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS; commonly shortened to Paramount) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. The company was originally created from the second merger of the respective second iterations of CBS Corporation and Viacom (both of which were under National Amusements, and were split from the original iteration of the former in 2006) on December 4, 2019.
On February 16, 2022, it was officially renamed Paramount Global, after its movie studio, further capitalizing on its flagship streaming service.
==ViacomCBS==
===2019–2022===
====2019–2020====
On August 13, 2019, Viacom and CBS Corporation announced that they would be re-merging into a new company called ViacomCBS, having previously split in 2005. The re-merger was completed on December 4, 2019.
====2020–2022====
On September 28, 2020, the colors in the logo were swapped, though now in different shades. This logo was first introduced with its EyeQ video advertising platform, revealed a month prior on August 4.
==Paramount==
===2022–present===
On February 15, 2022, chairwoman Shari Redstone and CEO Bob Bakish jointly announced that ViacomCBS would be relaunched as Paramount Global the following day, effectively retiring the Viacom name overall after over 50 years (with the current exceptions of Viacom18, ViacomCBS EyeQ, ViacomCBS Digital Studios, and the Viacom International IP holder). This marks the first time that flagship property Paramount Pictures and its parent company had shared the same name since 1989, when Gulf and Western Industries became Paramount Communications. The logo's design is based on the one from their flagship streaming service Paramount+, but with a darker shade of blue.
*Goodbye Viacom and CBS: ViacomCBS Changes Corporate Name to Paramount - Variety, February 15, 2022
*ViacomCBS Unveils New Company Name, Global Content Slate and International Expansion Plans for Paramount+ at Investor Event - Paramount, February 15, 2022
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