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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 1:28PM EDT
ViacomCBS to begin selling NFTs based on SpongeBob SquarePants and its other properties
The media giant is partnering with NFT company Recur to develop and sell digital collectibles based on its vast library...
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Posted Friday 9/24/21 at 2:13AM EDT
ViacomCBS' Showtime-Paramount+ bundle is a mess
Offering Showtime and Paramount+ for a price less than the cost of Showtime alone doesn't make sense.
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Posted Thursday 9/09/21 at 3:26PM EDT
David Oyelowo to star in Bass Reeves limited series after inking a ViacomCBS deal
Oyelowo and wife Jessica Oyelowo have inked an exclusive overall deal with ViacomCBS and its MTV Entertainment Studios to develop scripted...
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Posted Tuesday 8/24/21 at 1:57AM EDT
ViacomCBS is planning to sell its famous CBS Studios Radford lot, home to Seinfeld, Gilligan's Island and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
CBS CEO George Cheeks wrote in a memo to employees that the potential sale “aligns with our strategy to divest...
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Posted Thursday 8/12/21 at 7:59PM EDT
ViacomCBS sues Houston's The Rusty Krab restaurant, accusing it of ripping off SpongeBob
Rusty Krab's is accused of infringing on Viacom's SpongeBob trademarks by using names, images, characters and re-creations from the show throughout...
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Posted Wednesday 8/11/21 at 9:53AM EDT
Trey Parker and Matt Stone's $935 million new South Park deal was thanks to their 50-50 "digital rights" split with Comedy Central
In 2007, Parker, Stone and their longtime attorney, Kevin Morris, negotiated an ad-sharing deal with Comedy Central that would give...
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Posted Monday 8/09/21 at 7:01PM EDT
South Park may get its own weed now that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have "f*ck you money" from their $900 million ViacomCBS deal
Stone notes that he and Trey Parker will have even more money that they could invest, including buying the real-life...
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Posted Monday 8/02/21 at 10:05AM EDT
Star Trek boss Alex Kurtzman extends his deal with CBS Studios to 2026
In addition to overseeing five Star Trek series, Kurtzman executive produced The Comey Rule and the upcoming The Man Who...
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The Doctors' former host Ian Smith accuses Dr. Phil's production company and ViacomCBS of racism
A year ago, The Doctors underwent a format revamp, tapping former co-host Dr.
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Kenya Barris plans to turn #blackAF into a movie franchise, says "Netflix became CBS"
Netflix renewed #blackAF for Season 2 a year ago today, but the show appears to be canceled as a TV series.
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Clarice's future appears "bleak" after hitting a roadblock in move from CBS to Paramount+
A month ago, The Silence of the Lambs sequel series looked ready to join fellow CBS drama SEAL Team in...
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Posted Thursday 6/03/21 at 1:24PM EDT
Paramount+ Essential, an ad-supported version of Paramount+, debuts Monday at a cost of $5 a month
The ad-supported Paramount+ will cost half the price of the ad-free version.
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Posted Tuesday 6/01/21 at 5:33PM EDT
ViacomCBS accused of using SpongeBob SquarePants and Star Trek to avoid paying taxes
A study from the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations found that much of the media giant's $30 billion in...
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Posted Friday 5/21/21 at 1:28AM EDT
John Krasinski's Some Good News won't be rebooted as a ViacomCBS show
The announcement last year that Krasinski had struck a deal with ViacomCBS to turn his pandemic web show into a weekly...
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Posted Thursday 5/06/21 at 2:54PM EDT
Paramount+ subscriptions have been driven by SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Trek and sports
ViacomCBS said today it added 6 million new streaming subscribers to both Paramount+ and Showtime, bringing the total to 36 million.
