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Owner: Gulf+Western (1966–1989) Paramount Communications (1989–1994) Original Viacom (1994–2006) Second Viacom (2006–2019) Paramount Global (2019–present) (known as ViacomCBS from 2019 to 2022) Parent: Paramount Motion Pictures Group: Website: www.paramount.com
On May 8, 1914, Paramount Pictures Corporation (previously known as Progressive Pictures) was founded by a Utah theatre owner, W. W. Hodkinson, who had bought and merged five smaller firms. [8] On May 15, 1914, Hodkinson signed a five-year contract with the Famous Players Film Company, the Lasky Company and Bosworth, Inc. to distribute their ...
Famous Studios (later Paramount Cartoon Studios) – closed after Gulf+Western's acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1967; Fleischer Studios – acquired by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942; Insurge Pictures; Liberty Films; Melange Pictures, LLC – library holder of Republic Pictures films Budd Rogers Releasing ...
In 2019, Shari Redstone emerged from a legal battle as the owner of ViacomCBS, later rebranded Paramount Global, and appointed Viacom CEO Bob Bakish as chief executive of the unified company.
Paramount Pictures, CBS, and Viacom each had a history of being associated with one another through a series of various corporate mergers and splits. [10] Paramount Pictures was founded in 1912 as the Famous Players Film Company. [11] CBS was founded in 1927, which Paramount Pictures held a 49 percent ownership stake in from 1929 to 1932.
Brian Robbins (born Brian Levine, November 22, 1963) is an American film producer, director, and actor serving as co-CEO of Paramount Global since 2024, president of Nickelodeon since 2018, and president and CEO of Paramount Pictures since 2021. [1]
Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion, according to a person familiar with the details.
Moore is the former Vice Chairman of Paramount Pictures, America's largest Hollywood film and television production/distribution company. [2] He oversaw the following divisions: marketing, distribution, home entertainment, digital, interactive, television, licensing and business affairs. [3]