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<html> <head> <title>CBS</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/company/707/000042581/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> CBS COMPANY Founded 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, by Arthur Judson. Acquired in 1995 by <a href="/company/240/000125862/">Westinghouse</a>, which assumed its name two years later. In 1999, <a href="/company/699/000042573/">Viacom</a> acquired CBS, but the merger was undone with a shuffling of assets in 2005 -- Viacom took the cable television properties and CBS took the network television business. In addition to its namesake network, co-owns The CW Television Network with <a href="/company/085/000175557/">Warner Bros.</a> Official Website: <a href="http://www.cbs.com/">http://www.cbs.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/619/000098325/">Media</a> Ticker: NYSE:CBS Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a> Sales: $14.1B (2007) Employees: 24,000 EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/149/000026071/">Stanley Bing</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Columnist for Fortune</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/479/000345441/">Lisa M. Caputo</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at The Travelers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/659/000042533/">Fred Friendly</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1998</tt></td> <td>President of CBS News, 1964-66</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000099043/">Dennis Gabor</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1979</tt></td> <td>Inventor of holography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/546/000099249/">Andrew Heyward</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of CBS News, 1996-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000125863/">Michael H. Jordan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-2010</tt></td> <td>CEO of EDS, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/673/000042547/">Mel Karmazin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/581/000170071/">Peter A. Lund</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of CBS, 1995-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/953/000026875/">Mitch Miller</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-2010</tt></td> <td>Sing Along with Mitch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000024563/">Les Moonves</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of CBS Television</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/243/000044111/">William S. Paley</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1990</tt></td> <td>Chairman of CBS, 1946-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/548/000129161/">John R. Purcell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Grenadier Associates, Ltd.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000171420/">Frederic G. Reynolds</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of CBS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/047/000127663/">Johnathan A. Rodgers</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of TV One</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000124489/">Thomas O. Ryder</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Readers Digest, 1998-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000167729/">Jeff Sagansky</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, CBS Entertainment, 1990-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000030592/">Tex Schramm</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-2003</tt></td> <td>General manager of Dallas Cowboys</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/668/000042542/">Terry Semel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000059463/">Frank Shakespeare</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the Vatican, 1986-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000125740/">Frank Stanton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-2006</tt></td> <td>President of CBS, 1946-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000055661/">Laurence Tisch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-2003</tt></td> <td>CEO of CBS, 1986-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000169982/">Anthony J. Vinciquerra</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Fox Networks Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000030250/">George Vradenburg</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/592/000233890/">Robert J. Wussler</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-2010</tt></td> <td>President of CBS Television, 1976-78</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/796/000124424/">David R. Andelman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Director of Viacom, CBS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000050078/">Joseph Califano</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Carter's HEW Secretary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000024151/">William Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/807/000124435/">Charles K. Gifford</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bank of America Chairman, 2004-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/182/000098885/">Bruce S. Gordon</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of the NAACP, 2005-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000168260/">Linda M. Griego</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Griego Enterprises, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000024563/">Les Moonves</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of CBS Television</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000124414/">Shari Redstone</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of National Amusements</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/631/000024559/">Sumner Redstone</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman and CEO of Viacom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/978/000128594/">Ann N. Reese</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of ITT, 1995-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000124405/">Frederic V. Salerno</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Verizon, 2000-02</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000124423/">Judith A. Sprieser</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Sara Lee, 1995-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/027/000031931/">Patty Stonesifer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Chair of Gates Foundation</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/289/000167785/">Robert O. Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-2007</tt></td> <td>CEO of ARCO, 1966-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000052345/">Prescott Bush</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1972</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/646/000117295/">George Conrades</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Akamai, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000172968/">Peter A. Derow</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Institutional Investor, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000125863/">Michael H. Jordan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-2010</tt></td> <td>CEO of EDS, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000061390/">Henry B. Schacht</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000125740/">Frank Stanton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-2006</tt></td> <td>President of CBS, 1946-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000169370/">Paula Stern</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman, Int'l. Trade Commission, 1984-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000055661/">Laurence Tisch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-2003</tt></td> <td>CEO of CBS, 1986-95</td> </tr> </table> NOTABLE EMPLOYEES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000023263/">Pat Summerall</a></td> <td><center>Sports Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sportscaster</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000024320/">Michael Eisner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Disney, 1984-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000024381/">David Geffen</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Music and movie industry mogul</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/086/000174561/">Robert Giroux</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-2008</tt></td> <td>Farrar, Straus & Giroux</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000026054/">Ted Nelson</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000109868/">John D. Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Fox News reporter/host</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000023171/">Vin Scully</a></td> <td><center>Sports Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Voice of the Dodgers</td> </tr> </table> EXTRANEOUS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000110002/">John Diebold</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-2005</tt></td> <td>Advocate of automation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000355499/">Allan J. 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