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CBS
COMPANY
Acquired in 1995 by Westinghouse, which assumed its name two years later. In 1999, Viacom acquired CBS, but the merger was undone with a shuffling of assets in 2005 -- Viacom took the cable television properties and CBS the network television business.
Official Website:
http://www.cbs.com/ Industry:
Media
Ticker:
NYSE:CBS
Corporate headquarters:
New York City
Sales:
$14.1B (2007)
Employees:
24,000
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Stanley Bing |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
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Columnist for Fortune |
| Fred Friendly |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1915 |
3-Mar-1998 |
President of CBS News, 1964-66 |
| Andrew Heyward |
Journalist |
1950 |
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President of CBS News, 1996-2005 |
| Michael H. Jordan |
Business |
13-Jun-1936 |
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CEO of EDS, 2003-07 |
| Mel Karmazin |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
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President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 |
| Peter A. Lund |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of CBS, 1995-97 |
| Les Moonves |
Business |
6-Oct-1949 |
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CEO of CBS Television |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| John R. Purcell |
Business |
c. 1932 |
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Grenadier Associates, Ltd. |
| Frederic G. Reynolds |
Business |
c. 1957 |
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CFO of CBS |
| Johnathan A. Rodgers |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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CEO of TV One |
| Thomas O. Ryder |
Business |
c. 1944 |
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CEO of Readers Digest, 1998-2005 |
| Jeff Sagansky |
Business |
26-Jan-1952 |
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President, CBS Entertainment, 1990-94 |
| Tex Schramm |
Football |
2-Jun-1920 |
15-Jul-2003 |
General manager of Dallas Cowboys |
| Terry Semel |
Business |
24-Feb-1943 |
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CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07 |
| Frank Shakespeare |
Diplomat |
9-Apr-1925 |
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US Ambassador to the Vatican, 1986-89 |
| Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
| Laurence Tisch |
Business |
5-Mar-1923 |
15-Nov-2003 |
CEO of CBS, 1986-95 |
| Anthony J. Vinciquerra |
Business |
c. 1955 |
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CEO of Fox Networks Group |
| George Vradenburg |
Attorney |
14-Mar-1943 |
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Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Robert O. Anderson |
Business |
13-Apr-1917 |
2-Dec-2007 |
CEO of ARCO, 1966-86 |
| Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
| George Conrades |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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CEO of Akamai, 1999-2005 |
| Peter A. Derow |
Business |
c. 1940 |
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Institutional Investor, Inc. |
| Michael H. Jordan |
Business |
13-Jun-1936 |
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CEO of EDS, 2003-07 |
| Henry B. Schacht |
Business |
1934 |
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Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent |
| Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
| Paula Stern |
Government |
31-Mar-1945 |
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Chairman, Int'l. Trade Commission, 1984-86 |
| Laurence Tisch |
Business |
5-Mar-1923 |
15-Nov-2003 |
CEO of CBS, 1986-95 |
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Pat Summerall |
Football |
10-May-1930 |
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Sportscaster |
EMPLOYMENT
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Michael Eisner |
Business |
7-Mar-1942 |
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CEO of Disney, 1984-2005 |
| David Geffen |
Business |
21-Feb-1943 |
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Music industry mogul |
| Robert Giroux |
Publisher |
8-Apr-1914 |
5-Sep-2008 |
Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
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