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Paramount Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), [5] and is currently one of five live-action film studios of Paramount Motion Picture Group, alongside a 49% stake in Miramax, a 50% stake in United International Pictures, Paramount Players, and a revival of Republic Pictures.
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 ...
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
Paramount Global—home to movie studio Paramount Pictures, CBS, and culture-defining networks like MTV, BET, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon—is hardly the only legacy entertainment company ...
At the end of 2008, due to financial troubles, owners Sumner Redstone and Shari Redstone sold $400 million of nonvoting shares in National Amusements. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In October 2009, the company sold almost $1 billion of its interest in the stock of CBS and Viacom [ 13 ] and sold 35 theaters to Rave Motion Pictures .
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.
According to Paramount Global, the merger will inject significant capital into Paramount, helping to address its debt and enabling investments in new content and technologies. [44] It will support Paramount Global's expansion into other entertainment industries, such as animation, sports and video games, where it currently has less presence.
Paramount Global is taking over the Hollywood Athletic Club this month to launch its first ever cross-platform “Paramount Showcase” Emmy FYC activation. The event will tout projects from the ...