What is Viacom (original)?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{about|the original media conglomerate that existed until 2005|its successors|CBS Corporation|and|Viacom (2005–2019)}} {{Infobox company | name = Viacom Inc. | logo = Viacom-old.svg | logo_caption = Final logo, used from 1990 to 2005 | logo_size = 270px | image = One Astor Plaza1.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Headquarters at [[One Astor Plaza]] in [[New York City]] | former_names = {{plainlist| * CBS Television Film Sales (1952–1958) * CBS Films (1958–1968) * CBS Enterprises Inc. (1968–1970) }} | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{NYSE was|VIA}} | industry = [[Broadcasting]] and [[publishing]] | fate = Split into [[CBS Corporation|the second incarnations of CBS Corporation]] and [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] | successors = {{plainlist| * [[CBS Corporation]]<br>([[legal successor (business)|legal successor]]) * [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]]<br>([[Corporate spin-off|spun off]]) }} | founded = {{Start date and age|1952|03|16}} | founder = [[Ralph Baruch]] | defunct = {{End date and age|2005|12|31}} | hq_location_city = [[One Astor Plaza, New York City]] | hq_location_country = United States | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = [[Sumner Redstone]] (Chairman and CEO)<br>[[Tom Freston]] (Co-President and Co-COO)<br>[[Les Moonves]] (Co-President and Co-COO) | parent = [[CBS]]<br>(1952–1971)<br>[[National Amusements]]<br>(1987–2005) | divisions = [[CBS Radio]]<br>[[Viacom Productions]]<br>[[Viacom International]]<br>[[CBS Sports]]<br>[[Viacom Outdoor]] | subsid = CBS<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Paramount Media Networks|MTV Networks]]<br>[[Showtime Networks]]<br>[[BET Networks]]<br>[[Paramount Parks]]<br>[[Famous Players]]<br>[[Simon & Schuster]]<br>[[King World Productions]]<br>[[UPN]]<br>[[Westinghouse Licensing Corporation]] }} '''Viacom''' (short for '''Vi'''deo & '''A'''udio '''Com'''munications) was an [[United States|American]] [[media]] [[company]]. It was founded in [[New York City]] in 1971. The company existed until 2005 when the company cha