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Viacom

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Viacom, short for “Video & Audio Communications”, is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution with Paramount Motion Pictures Group.

The new Viacom conglomerate was finalized in September of 2006 is considered to be the “high-growth” side of the much larger former Viacom. The former Viacom was renamed CBS Corporation, from which this firm was split off on December 31, 2005.

Recent Milestones

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  Viacom invested in Rainbow. (2/4/11)
  Posted 2/7/11 at 7:51pm via prnewswire.com
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  Viacom — Harmonix sold to PE firm, goes private (12/23/10)
  Posted 12/29/10 at 6:52pm via masshightech.com
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  Viacom — Harmonix Music System Inc. is up for sale from its parent company Viacom Inc. (11/11/10)
  Posted 11/11/10 at 9:14am via masshightech.com
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  Viacom acquired Social Project. (9/22/08)
  Posted 9/22/08 at 9:36am
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  Viacom added James Barge as EVP, Controller, Tax and Treasury. (3/1/08)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 2:24pm
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  Viacom added Wade Davis as SVP, Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions. (1/1/07)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 2:24pm
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  Viacom invested in Social Project. (12/1/06)
  Posted 9/13/07 at 2:00pm via techcrunch.com
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  Viacom added Philippe Dauman as President, CEO. (9/5/06)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 2:20pm
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  Viacom added Thomas Dooley as Senior Exec. VP, Chief Admin. Officer, CFO. (9/5/06)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 2:24pm
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  Viacom acquired Y2M. (8/1/06)
  Posted 8/27/07 at 5:08am
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  Viacom acquired Xfire for $102M. (4/1/06)
  Posted 8/27/07 at 5:16am via gamespot.com
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  Viacom acquired Sportsline for $64M. (12/1/04)
  Posted 8/24/07 at 4:01am
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  Viacom added Jamieson Becker as Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer. (1/1/00)
  Posted 4/15/13 at 4:07am
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  Viacom added Robert Lasky as Producer. (12/1/94)
  Posted 4/23/13 at 1:17pm
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  Viacom acquired Paramount Pictures for $10B. (3/1/93)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 2:29pm via nytimes.com
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  Viacom acquired MTV Networks. (1/1/86)
  Posted 8/18/09 at 10:33pm via wikipedia.org

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1. press release [edit]
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3. Media giant offers $102 million in cash for online gaming utility company; makes it part of MTV Networks. (gamespot.com) [edit]
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5. COMPANY REPORTS; Viacom Reports a Net Profit in First Quarter (nytimes.com) [edit]
6. MTV Networks (en.wikipedia.org) [edit]
7. Viacom Invests in Rainbow Group (prnewswire.com) [edit]
8. techcrunch.com [edit]
Viacom selling Harmonix (masshightech.com) [edit]
Harmonix sold to PE firm, goes private (masshightech.com) [edit]