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CBS

56 articles stable

Nineteen years after acquiring Last.fm, CBS was reported in May 2026 to have separated from the music service as coverage increasingly centered on ownership and media-power shifts.

Who they are

CBS appears in the coverage as a US broadcast and news-media company whose programming, digital distribution, streaming efforts and acquired assets connect it to the broader television platform market. Its historical stories span CBS News and 60 Minutes, sports streaming, All Access, and the 2019 merger with Viacom that formed ViacomCBS.

The recent arc

Recent coverage has moved away from CBS’s earlier experiments in digital carriage and direct-to-consumer programming toward corporate control and the political context around major media properties. The September 2025 New York Times report on Larry Ellison potentially controlling CBS, CNN and TikTok, followed by a December account of his effort to make the case for Paramount rather than Netflix to acquire WBD, put CBS inside a wider contest for media scale and influence.

CBS also surfaces as a news publisher in consequential policy coverage, including its May 2025 report that the Trump administration fired Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter after her office raised AI-training copyright concerns. The latest item, Engadget’s May 2026 report that Last.fm became independent again 19 years after CBS acquired it, points to continued unwinding or reassessment of legacy media holdings.

The tension

The coverage repeatedly circles the collision between legacy broadcasters and digital distribution or streaming rivals. CBS sought reach through YouTube, Twitter convention livestreams and a no-sign-in Super Bowl stream, while making Star Trek exclusive to All Access to compete with Netflix and Amazon; more recently, the relevant rivalry has broadened into a high-stakes ownership contest involving Paramount, Netflix, WBD and politically connected prospective media power.

Why it matters

If this trajectory continues, CBS’s significance will rest less on any single broadcast or app than on how its news, entertainment and legacy assets are positioned within consolidation and platform competition. The outcome remains uncertain, but the Ellison reporting, Netflix’s WBD agreement and the Last.fm separation together show why control of established media brands, their libraries and their distribution paths remains strategically consequential.

CBS has appeared in 56 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Netflix, Facebook, Trump, Access.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-05-28
Engadget 5 related

Last.fm says it is now an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS, and plans to keep its current team and continue the service as normal

Don't worry: It will keep your profiles and scrobbles.  —  Last.fm is an independent company again, it has announced on its forum …

2026-01-09
Variety 8 related

The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which will provide stats and predictions about the awards show at the official 2026 viewing party

The fast-rising digital marketplace will offer real-time forecasts for winners in top races during Sunday's live telecast on CBS

2025-12-26
New York Times 8 related

How Larry Ellison is helping his son David build a media empire, including making the case to Trump for why Paramount, not Netflix, should acquire WBD

Kevin Tierney / @catholicsmark : Well yes, in order to survive CBS needed to have less bias in its newsroom. Why is this surprising? Steve Rosenbaum / @magnifymedia : https://www.nytimes.com/.... Does...

2025-12-06
Financial Times 79 related

Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...

2025-11-04
Decrypt 23 related

When asked on 60 Minutes about his pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao, President Trump said “I don't know who he is” and “I heard it was a Biden witch hunt”

but CBS cuts it from broadcast Caitlin Keith / Deseret News : 3 takeaways from Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Trump says he doesn't know who Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is Steven Walgenbach / Insi...

2025-09-23
New York Times 3 related

Larry Ellison is turning into a media magnate, potentially controlling CBS, CNN, TikTok, and more, amid a regulatory environment favorable to Trump allies

When Larry Ellison entered his ninth decade in 2024, his high-profile lifestyle seemed to be receding.

2025-05-15
CNBC 17 related

Netflix says its ad-supported tier now has 94M MAUs, up from 70M in November 2024, and reaches more 18- to 34-year-olds than any US broadcast or cable network

It says it is testing the types of advertisements its subscribers are willing to endure.  If you want to opt out you have to pay more money.  —  The enshittening of Netflix is almost complete  —  http...

2025-05-12
CBS News 44 related

The Trump administration fired US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about using copyrighted content to train AI models

stoking fears about deregulation of AI Committee on House Administration : Morelle's Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights Dennis Crouch / Patently-O : Transformative ...

2025-03-26
CBS News 15 related

An internal NSA memo in February 2025 warned staff of a “Signal Vulnerability”; Signal says it was a phishing warning and “had nothing to do with” its core tech

Good morning.  The latest Nielsen numbers are out … HuffPost : Trump's CIA Director Blames Biden Team For Allowing Communications On Signal App James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : NSA warned about vulnerab...

2024-11-17
Deadline 34 related

Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound

Netflix: [image] X: Peter Yared / @peteryared : I used to run tech for CBS which included streaming the Superbowl. Core issue for Netflix is that they operate their own CDN which is not built for live...

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TEXXR tracks 34 tech news articles mentioning CBS, dating back to January 2015. The biggest stories include CBS CEO Les Moonves says Apple puts live TV plans on hold; source says media firms want... and Sources: Google reaches deal with CBS to carry network on Unplugged web TV service on.... Frequently covered alongside Access, Showtime, Fox, NBC, and Apple TV.

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