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Study of 50,000 Also Reveals Online Viewing Drives More Audiences to Network Television

NEW YORK, 07.21.2008 - CBS Interactive today announced the results of an ongoing study of nearly 50,000 individuals who have watched full episodes streamed online across the CBS Audience Network. The study, conducted by Magid Media Labs, underscores three main findings: CBS's video streaming of full-episodes attracts a younger audience; online viewers are incremental to broadcast viewers, and online video streaming is a net positive for CBS because it drives Web viewers to television.

Key findings of the CBS Audience Network study by Magid Media Labs include:

* The median age of those streaming full episodes of CBS programming online is 38 years.    » read more »

New CBS Interactive Represents Premier Online Content Network for Information and Entertainment

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2008 — CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of CNET Networks, Inc. and merged its operations into a newly expanded CBS Interactive division. The new division incorporates all of the premium online brands of both CBS and CNET Networks into one business unit.

Highlights:
· CBS Interactive Becomes the 8th Largest Web Network Worldwide;
· Top Five Premium Content Ad-Supported Network;
· The Number One Technology Network Led by CNET.com;
· The Number Two Entertainment and Sports Network for Men 18-34    » read more »

Announces Subsequent Offering Period

NEW YORK, June 23 — CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced today that it has successfully completed the initial offering period of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of CNET Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNET). Approximately 78% of the outstanding shares of common stock of CNET have been tendered, which will make CNET a majority-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation.    » read more »

Social Music Network Honours Online Music Innovation, Winning Developer Will Win Trip To London And VIP Tickets To Last.fm Live Event

03.31.2008 -- Last.fm announced today that it is sponsoring a new music category in Mozilla's Extend Firefox 3 contest. As part of the contest, which encourages Web developers to create innovative extensions or add-ons for the forthcoming major update to the Firefox Web browser, Last.fm will be judging entries and will award the best music-related extension entry.

The winner will be flown to the Last.fm office in London to meet the team behind the world's fastest-growing free music Web site; will attend a Last.fm/Presents live event as a guest of Last.fm; and will also receive a Logitech Squeezebox network music player.    » read more »

Drawing On The Collective Wisdom Of Mobile Users, CBS Is Able To Offer Consumers More Targeted And Relevant Content

NEW YORK and SAN MATEO, CA, March 26, 2008 -Today, CBS Mobile and Aggregate Knowledge announced they are teaming up to offer first-of-its-kind discovery and recommendation technology on mobile Web sites. By drawing on the collective wisdom of mobile Web users, CBS will be able to deliver consumers better targeted and relevant content, thereby making the experience more user-friendly.    » read more »

Tuesday, February 26, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- CBS Sports has partnered with IMG College, a division of IMG Worldwide, as exclusive sales representative to work in conjunction with the CBS Sports Properties Group in the licensing of NCAA Corporate Marketing Rights on the Champion and Partner levels, it was announced today by Sean McManus, President CBS News and Sports.    » read more »

- Simon & Schuster's Atria Books Acquires Flynn's Next Four Novels
- CBS Films Options Rights To Develop Feature Films Based On Flynn's Mitch Rapp Character

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2008 -- CBS Films and Simon & Schuster/Atria Books -- both divisions of CBS Corporation -- have reached film and publishing agreements with best-selling author Vince Flynn for upcoming projects, it was jointly announced by Amy Baer, President & CEO of CBS Films, and Carolyn Reidy, President & CEO of Simon & Schuster.    » read more »

Feb. 13, 2008 -- This is a day of relief and optimism for everyone in the entertainment industry. We can now all get back to work, with the assurance that we have concluded two groundbreaking labor agreements - with our directors and our writers – that establish a partnership through which our business can grow and prosper in the new digital age.    » read more »

02.12.2008 -- CBS Sports today announced a comprehensive reorganization of its college sports operations, incorporating the cable, broadcast and online activities of College Sports Television (CSTV) into its world-famous brand.

Effective March 2008, CSTV will become the CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK, bringing the power of the CBS SPORTS name to yet another developing, cross-platform property. In addition, CBS Sports will begin developing proprietary programming for the cable network, and incorporate the growing online activities of CSTV into its industry-leading online operations.    » read more »

11 February 2008 -- U.S. television network CBS says two of its journalists have gone missing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

In a brief statement Monday, CBS says efforts are under way to find the journalists, whose names were not released. The network says it has been in touch with the journalists' families and asked that their privacy be respected.

Reports from Basra quote witnesses as saying about eight gunmen kidnapped the CBS journalists today from the city's Sultan Palace Hotel.    » read more »

Monday, February 11, 2008, FT. LAUDERDALE --- CBSSports.com, in partnership with CBS Sports, CSTV and the NCAA, today announced that in 2008, for the first time, its NCAA® March Madness® on Demand (MMOD) service would give users the ability to view all 63 games* of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, from the first round of the tournament through the Men's Final Four® and Championship in San Antonio.    » read more »

Thursday, February 2, 2008, FORT LAUDERDALE -- CBSSports.com today announced it has developed and will host an official NCAA® March Madness® Brackets application that will be offered and promoted to the Facebook® users for the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Located at facebook.com/brackets, CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets will be available to the site's more than 63 million active users both online and via CBS Sports Mobile, creating a cross platform experience for all NCAA Basketball fans.    » read more »

- Garen van de Beek Promoted to Senior Vice President, Paul Friedman, Chris Cranner, Lori Shefa and Brad Roe Upped to Vice Presidents, Sarah LaBrache Promoted to Director, and Anne de Vega Promoted to Executive Producer

01.30.2008 -- Garen van de Beek, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, On-Air Promotion and Paul Friedman, Chris Cranner, Lori Shefa and Brad Roe have been upped to Vice Presidents, On-Air Promotion in the CBS West Coast On-Air Promotion department.    » read more »

U.S. Listening Spikes 85% Over Previous Week on Day of Launch

NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. 25 - Last.fm, the online music discovery network owned by the CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS), realized strong user growth in several key categories after launching it's free-on-demand streaming service Wednesday.    » read more »

January 24, 2008 -- NEW YORK -- CBS News employees, who are members of the Writers Guilds of America, East and West (WGAE and WGAW), have overwhelmingly ratified their new contract agreement. The vote was 98% yes. The contract is effective immediately and covers approximately 500 newswriters, editors, news desk associates, production assistants, graphic artists, promotion writers, and researchers working in television and radio on the national and local levels in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.    » read more »