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