• CBS All Access streaming service to be renamed Paramount+

    CBS All Access streaming service to be renamed Paramount+

    ViacomCBS said Tuesday it will rebrand its CBS All Access video-streaming service as Paramount+ early next year. Paramount+ will house fresh content from ViacomCBS’s Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures, as well as existing shows from sister networks CBS, BET, Comedy Central and MTV, among others. Armed with a trove of new shows such as “The Offer,” …
  • ViacomCBS to sell CNET for $500 million to Red Ventures

    ViacomCBS to sell CNET for $500 million to Red Ventures

    ViacomCBS said it is offloading CNET Media Group for $500 million to digital-marketing company Red Ventures. The Monday deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, also includes foodie site Chowhound, the tech site ZDNet, GameSpot, the Metacritic reviews-aggregation site and TVGuide.com. Red Ventures already owns and operates more than 100 …
  • ViacomCBS considers working with Nick Cannon again after apology tour

    ViacomCBS considers working with Nick Cannon again after apology tour

    ViacomCBS has opened the door to working again with Nick Cannon, more than a month after the company severed ties with him over anti-Semitic comments the multi-hyphenate made on his podcast. Speaking at a town hall with employees Monday, Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands at ViacomCBS, praised work that Cannon claims to …
  • Sumner Redstone, billionaire media mogul, dead at 97

    Sumner Redstone, billionaire media mogul, dead at 97

    Sumner Redstone, the billionaire media magnate whose family company controls CBS and Viacom, and whose career spilled over from boardrooms to gossip sheets, has died. He was 97. Redstone’s health had been declining before his passing Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. President and CEO of ViacomCBS Bob Bakish hailed the mogul as “a brilliant …
  • Set phasers to stunned: ‘Star Trek’ film reboot on hold, but could still happen

    Set phasers to stunned: ‘Star Trek’ film reboot on hold, but could still happen

    EXCLUSIVE: Looks like Paramount’s plan to next make the “Star Trek” movie that Noah Hawley wrote and plans to direct has been put on pause for a moment. New film chief Emma Watts, who managed many a franchise at Fox, is in the process of figuring out which way to go. The pause on the …
  • ViacomCBS says worst is over after 12 percent coronavirus drop

    ViacomCBS says worst is over after 12 percent coronavirus drop

    ViacomCBS, home of “Survivor” and MTV, saw a 12-percent slump in sales last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic sent ad sales down 27 percent. The declines were offset, however, by growth in the media company’s streaming business, which saw revenues rise 25 percent as more consumers hunkered down at home during the pandemic. Despite the …
  • Judge Judy sued over Les Moonves sale of her show’s ‘library rights’

    Judge Judy sued over Les Moonves sale of her show’s ‘library rights’

    Judge Judy Sheindlin is putting her money where her mouth is, literally. Sheindlin — who makes $47 million a year, and is ending her blockbuster run on “Judge Judy” after 25 seasons this year — has been hit with a lawsuit by Rebel Entertainment Partners alleging that she stiffed the company out of profits when …
  • Epstein Lawyer demands apology after Jeffrey Epstein episode of ‘The Good Fight’

    Epstein Lawyer demands apology after Jeffrey Epstein episode of ‘The Good Fight’

    Former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is planning to sue ViacomCBS and the producers of “The Good Fight” after the legal drama called him a “shyster” and implied he had participated in illicit sexual conduct during the season four finale on the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a report. On July 17th, Dershowitz’s lawyers sent …
  • Diddy offers Nick Cannon a job at Revolt TV following ViacomCBS ouster

    Diddy offers Nick Cannon a job at Revolt TV following ViacomCBS ouster

    Sean “Diddy” Combs offered Nick Cannon a job on his Revolt TV network — just hours after Cannon was fired by ViacomCBS Wednesday for making anti-Semitic remarks. “@NickCannon come home to @REVOLTTV truly BLACK OWNED!!!” the hip-hop mogul tweeted on Wednesday alongside a fist and heart emoji. “We got your back and love you and …
  • Nick Cannon fired by ViacomCBS over anti-Semitic comments on podcast

    Nick Cannon fired by ViacomCBS over anti-Semitic comments on podcast

    ViacomCBS has terminated its relationship with Nick Cannon following an episode of “Cannon’s Class” in which he made anti-Semitic remarks. “ViacomCBS condemns bigotry of any kind and we categorically denounce all forms of anti-Semitism. We have spoken with Nick Cannon about an episode of his podcast ‘Cannon’s Class’ on YouTube, which promoted hateful speech and …