CBS Corporation begins trading on New York Stock Exchange
{{date|January  6, 2006}}

[[Image:CBSeye.png|thumb|right|The CBS "eye"]]
[[File:Viacom logo.png|thumb|right|Logo of the new Viacom.]]

The new [[w:CBS Corporation|CBS Corporation]] began trading on the [[w:New York Stock Exchange|New York Stock Exchange]] once again on January 3 after officially finishing its split with [[w:Viacom|Viacom]] two days earlier. The split had been in the works since around March 2005 when Viacom announced it was breaking into two publicly traded companies due to stock price stagnation. 

In June 2005, Viacom's board approved the split and saying the CBS Corporation name would be revived for one of those companies. One of these units would receive most of Viacom's broadcasting and mass-media portion of subsidiaries (CBS, [[w:UPN|UPN]], Infinity Broadcasting, now [[w:CBS Radio|CBS Radio]]) along with Viacom Outdoor (now CBS Outdoor), Showtime Networks, and Paramount's television studio and a few other operations and announced long-time excutive [[w:Leslie Moonves|Leslie Moonves]] would head that new company.

The split is filled with twists and turns. [[w: Viacom (1971-2005)|Viacom]] was founded in 1971 as CBS' television syndication division and was spun off in 1973. [[w:Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse Electric Corporation]] bought CBS and changed its name to CBS Corporation. In a ironic twist, Viacom accquired their parent company in 1999 and CBS' stock symbol was de-listed as it became a division of Viacom. Ironically, the new CBS Corporation is actually the original Viacom. A new Viacom was founded and spun off containing [[w:MTV Networks|MTV Networks]] (which contains [[w:CMT|CMT]] and [[w:Spike TV|Spike TV]], two cable networks originally owned by CBS) along with [[w:BET|BET]], Paramount's film studio and home entertainment divisions, online virtual pet game [[w:Neopets|Neopets]], and a music publisher. It also partially owns Sega of America along with the Sonic the Hedgehog trademarks and is currently in the process of acquiring DreamWorks.

CBS unveiled its logo, the iconic CBS eye, and launched the corporation's official wesbite, [http://www.cbscorporation.com/ cbscorporation.com]

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Corporation|title=CBS Corporation|author=|pub=Wikipedia|date=January  5, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom|title=Viacom|author=|pub=Wikipedia|date=January  5, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_%281971-2005%29|title=Viacom (1971-2005)|author=|pub=Wikipedia|date=January  5, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=152|title=CBS CORPORATION UNVEILS NEW COMPANY LOGO|author=|pub=CBS Corporation|date=January  3, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=151|title=CBS CORPORATION BEGINS TRADING AS STAND ALONE PUBLIC COMPANY|author=|pub=CBS Corporation|date=January  3, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=149|title=CBS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW CORPORATE WEBSITE|author=|pub=CBS Corporation|date=January  3, 2006}}

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The CBS "eye"
Logo of the new Viacom.

The new CBS Corporation began trading on the New York Stock Exchange once again on January 3 after officially finishing its split with Viacom two days earlier. The split had been in the works since around March 2005 when Viacom announced it was breaking into two publicly traded companies due to stock price stagnation. 

In June 2005, Viacom's board approved the split and saying the CBS Corporation name would be revived for one of those companies. One of these units would receive most of Viacom's broadcasting and mass-media portion of subsidiaries (CBS, UPN, Infinity Broadcasting, now CBS Radio) along with Viacom Outdoor (now CBS Outdoor), Showtime Networks, and Paramount's television studio and a few other operations and announced long-time excutive Leslie Moonves would head that new company.

The split is filled with twists and turns. Viacom was founded in 1971 as CBS' television syndication division and was spun off in 1973. Westinghouse Electric Corporation bought CBS and changed its name to CBS Corporation. In a ironic twist, Viacom accquired their parent company in 1999 and CBS' stock symbol was de-listed as it became a division of Viacom. Ironically, the new CBS Corporation is actually the original Viacom. A new Viacom was founded and spun off containing MTV Networks (which contains CMT and Spike TV, two cable networks originally owned by CBS) along with BET, Paramount's film studio and home entertainment divisions, online virtual pet game Neopets, and a music publisher. It also partially owns Sega of America along with the Sonic the Hedgehog trademarks and is currently in the process of acquiring DreamWorks.

CBS unveiled its logo, the iconic CBS eye, and launched the corporation's official wesbite,  cbscorporation.com
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