CBS Corporation
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CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CBS Corporation canonical | 32 |
| CBS | 2 |
| CBS Corporation (post‑merger broadcasting operations) | 1 |
| CBS Media Ventures | 1 |
| Viacom Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T775819 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CBS Corporation Context triple: [Westinghouse Electric Corporation, successor, CBS Corporation]
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A.
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation is a major American media company that owns the Fox broadcast network and various television stations and cable channels.
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B.
CBS Entertainment
CBS Entertainment is the primary programming division of the CBS television network responsible for developing and overseeing its slate of entertainment content.
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C.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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D.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owns film, television, and streaming assets including Paramount Pictures and CBS.
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E.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is a major U.S. commercial television network known for its nationwide programming in news, entertainment, and sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CBS Corporation Target entity description: CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
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A.
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation is a major American media company that owns the Fox broadcast network and various television stations and cable channels.
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B.
CBS Entertainment
CBS Entertainment is the primary programming division of the CBS television network responsible for developing and overseeing its slate of entertainment content.
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C.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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D.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global is a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owns film, television, and streaming assets including Paramount Pictures and CBS.
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E.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is a major U.S. commercial television network known for its nationwide programming in news, entertainment, and sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass media company
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public company ⓘ television broadcasting company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateDissolved | 2019 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | successor to the original Viacom after 2005 split ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Manhattan, New York
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linked to:
Manhattan
New York City ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
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film production ⓘ mass media ⓘ publishing ⓘ television production ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mergedWith |
Viacom Inc. (2005–2019) in 2019
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linked to:
Viacom
|
| mergerFormed |
ViacomCBS
ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Global
|
| notableAsset |
CBS Broadcast Center (New York production facility)
ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Headquarters
CBS Television City (production facility, Los Angeles) ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Television City
|
| notableCEO | Leslie Moonves ⓘ |
| notableChairman | Sumner Redstone ⓘ |
| notableExecutive | Joseph Ianniello ⓘ |
| operated |
book publishing business via Simon & Schuster
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broadcast television network ⓘ cable television networks ⓘ radio stations (until divestiture to Entercom) ⓘ streaming media services ⓘ |
| owned |
CBS (television network)
ⓘ
linked to:
CBS
CBS All Access (streaming service, rebranded Paramount+) ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount+
CBS Films ⓘ CBS Interactive ⓘ CBS News ⓘ CBS Outdoor (later Outfront Media, before spin-off) ⓘ CBS Radio (until divestiture) ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Radio
CBS Sports ⓘ CBS Sports Network ⓘ CBS Studios International ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Studios
CBS Television Distribution ⓘ CBS Television Stations ⓘ CBS Television Studios ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Studios
CBSN (now CBS News Streaming Network) ⓘ
linked to:
CBS News
CNET (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ ET Live (entertainment streaming service) ⓘ GameSpot (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ
linked to:
Fox Interactive Media
Last.fm (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ Metacritic (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ
linked to:
Metacritic
Pop TV (formerly TVGN, joint venture with Lionsgate) ⓘ
linked to:
Pop (TV network)
Showtime Networks ⓘ
linked to:
Showtime
Simon & Schuster ⓘ TV.com (via CBS Interactive) ⓘ
linked to:
CBS
The CW (50% stake, via CBS Entertainment Group) ⓘ
linked to:
The CW
|
| ownedBrand | Eye logo of CBS ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
National Amusements (through voting control)
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linked to:
National Amusements, Inc.
|
| predecessor |
Viacom Inc. (original, pre-2006)
ⓘ
linked to:
Viacom
|
| reasonForDissolution | merger with Viacom to form ViacomCBS ⓘ |
| segment |
Cable Networks (Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network)
ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Sports Network
Entertainment (CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Television Distribution) ⓘ Interactive (CBS Interactive) ⓘ Local Broadcasting (CBS Television Stations, CBS Radio) ⓘ
linked to:
CBS Radio
Publishing (Simon & Schuster) ⓘ
linked to:
Simon & Schuster
|
| successor |
Paramount Global
ⓘ
ViacomCBS ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Global
|
| tradedAs |
NYSE: CBS
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NYSE: CBS.A (Class A voting shares) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CBS Corporation Description of subject: CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CBS Corporation
linked to: CBS Corporation
linked to: CBS Corporation
linked to: CBS Corporation
subject linked to:
CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
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successor
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CBS Corporation (post‑merger broadcasting operations)
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linked to: CBS Corporation
subject linked to:
NASDAQ:PARA
subject linked to:
NASDAQ:PARA