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The evolution of Paramount Skydance Corporation
1886Westinghouse Electric Corporation is founded as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
1912Famous Players Film Company is founded
1913Lasky Feature Play Company is founded
1914Paramount Pictures is founded
1916Famous Players and Lasky merge as Famous Players–Lasky and acquire Paramount
1927Famous Players–Lasky is renamed to Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation; CBS is founded with investment from Columbia Records
1929Paramount acquires 49% of CBS
1930Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation is renamed to Paramount Publix Corporation
1932Paramount sells back its shares of CBS
1934Gulf+Western is founded as the Michigan Bumper Corporation
1935Paramount Publix Corporation is renamed to Paramount Pictures
1936National Amusements is founded as Northeast Theater Corporation
1938CBS acquires Columbia Records
1950Desilu is founded and CBS distributes its television programs
1952CBS creates the CBS Television Film Sales division
1958CBS Television Film Sales is renamed to CBS Films
1966Gulf+Western acquires Paramount
1967Gulf+Western acquires Desilu and renames it Paramount Television (now CBS Studios)
1968CBS Films is renamed to CBS Enterprises
1970CBS Enterprises is renamed to Viacom
1971Viacom is spun off from CBS
1987National Amusements acquires Viacom
1988CBS sells Columbia Records to Sony
1989Gulf+Western is renamed to Paramount Communications
1994Viacom acquires Paramount Communications
1995Paramount Television and United Television launch UPN; Westinghouse acquires CBS
1997Westinghouse is renamed to CBS Corporation
2000Viacom acquires UPN and CBS Corporation
2005Viacom splits into the second CBS Corporation and Viacom
2006Skydance Media is founded as Skydance Productions; CBS Corporation shuts down UPN and replaces it with The CW
2009Paramount and Skydance enter an agreement to co-produce and co-finance films
2017CBS Corporation sells CBS Radio to Entercom (now Audacy)
2019CBS Corporation and Viacom re-merge as ViacomCBS
2022ViacomCBS is renamed to Paramount Global
2025Skydance acquires National Amusements and merges with Paramount Global as Paramount Skydance Corporation