Template:Paramount evolution
1886 | Westinghouse Electric Corporation is founded |
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1912 | Famous Players Film Company is founded |
1913 | Lasky Feature Play Company is founded |
1914 | Paramount Pictures is founded |
1916 | Famous Players and Lasky merge as Famous Players–Lasky and acquire Paramount |
1927 | CBS is founded; Famous Players–Lasky assumes Paramount's name |
1929 | Paramount buys 49% of CBS |
1932 | Paramount sells back shares of CBS |
1934 | Michigan Bumper Corporation is founded |
1950 | Desilu is founded and CBS distributes its television programs |
1952 | CBS creates the CBS Television Film Sales division |
1955 | Michigan Bumper Corporation renamed to Michigan Plating and Stamping Company |
1958 | CBS Television Film Sales renamed to CBS Films; Michigan Plating and Stamping Company renamed to Gulf+Western |
1966 | Gulf+Western buys Paramount |
1968 | Gulf+Western acquires Desilu and renames it Paramount Television; CBS Films renamed to CBS Enterprises |
1970 | CBS Enterprises renamed to Viacom |
1971 | Viacom is spun off from CBS |
1987 | National Amusements buys Viacom |
1989 | Gulf+Western renamed to Paramount Communications |
1994 | Viacom acquires Paramount Communications |
1995 | Westinghouse buys CBS |
1997 | Westinghouse renamed to CBS Corporation |
2000 | Viacom buys CBS Corporation |
2005 | Viacom splits into second CBS Corporation and Viacom |
2019 | CBS Corporation and Viacom re-merge as ViacomCBS |
2022 | ViacomCBS renamed to Paramount Global |
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