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The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	SportsLine Catches Viacom's Pitch With online advertising on the rebound and SportsLine.com trading at a market capitalization far less than last year's revenues, Viacom made a timely purchase of a popular and growing Internet property.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Fake Football Follies Sportsline.com's managing editor offered a humbling correction after a blunder that sent fantasy football fans scrambling.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CBS Calls an Online Audible Just before the football season kicks off, Sportsline becomes CBSSports.com. CBS, banking on the belief that the distinction is now clearer to advertisers, will make the most of the new site.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Sports Matters The NBA TV channel helps Comcast compete with satellite.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	SportsLine.com's Blocked Shot It may be SportsLine.com's season, but an SEC investigation puts a damper on team spirit.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Makin' March Madness Money The winners of March Madness may ultimately be the sponsors.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	New Rivals for Yahoo! Yahoo! gets into the game with its latest acquisition. Clearly, this won't be the last time that Yahoo! opens its pocketbook to acquire a traffic magnet. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Steven Mallas	March Madness Spreads to YouTube CBS is bringing college-hoops clips to Google's video purveyor. How will CBS monetize this initiative? Pretty much the only way possible in this case -- advertising.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	TiVo's Timely End-Around The DVR pioneer scores with its fantasy football deal with CBS. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom Counts Sheep Details of the Viacom split are as boring as the split itself. No, things aren't going so well for the moribund media stocks lately, but at least some of them are trying.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Before You Buy a Viacom The media giant has a good quarter, but not necessarily a great one. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Tim Beyers	Viacom's Dazzling Performance Couch potatoes watch more ads as the firm grows its cash pile. It's too early to tell if Viacom shares really are a bargain, but cash flow could continue to improve after Blockbuster is finally spun off this fall.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom Strikes Out on Its Own Viacom completes a split into two distinct media entities. Investors can buy the namesake media giant or CBS. Or, of course, they can buy both and duplicate last year's Viacom.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Viacom Revives Free from CBS, the media conglomerate is drawing investors' attention.
Home Theater March 9, 2004	Echostar Deletes CBS Satellite broadcaster makes good on threat, drops CBS from 16 cities in ongoing dispute with Viacom.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2004 Alyce Lomax	EchoStar, Viacom Go for the Jugular Disputes over rate hikes have the two companies in a very public battle.
InternetNews July 1, 2004 Paul Shread	A Rough Day For Yahoo Yahoo slumped Thursday on an analyst downgrade and concern about a possible loss of business from Microsoft.
CIO October 15, 2002 Jon Surmacz	If You Play, You Pay These days, freebies are few and far between in football fantasyland. Games and services on the Web are increasingly coming with a price tag.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Carve-Up Ahead At CBS? With CBS stock up just slightly since the spin-off from Viacom on Jan. 3, some think the patience of Sumner Redstone, chairman of both Viacom and CBS, may wear thin.
BusinessWeek October 17, 2005 Tom Lowry	ESPN.COM: Guys And Dollars With plenty of sports on the Net, ESPN lures more male viewers 18 to 34 than any of its competitors.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Eye on CBS The broadcasting giant keeps growing since its split from Viacom. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Fool on the Street: CBS For the last several months, investors have been rather sweet on CBS stock. What's the outlook for the company? CBS President and CEO Les Moonves took on questions earlier this week at a Goldman Sachs conference.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CBS Milks a Dud Survivor closes out its All-Star season with more sizzle than steak.
InternetNews August 2, 2004 Paul Shread	Priceline Beats But Warns And Adobe raises guidance... Macrovision beats estimates... Sonic misses...
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	March Madness Strikes YouTube Two years divorced from Viacom, CBS suits up on YouTube's side of the court. The basketball court that is.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Survivor of the Fittest Viacom gives its hit series a "Super" debut.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Sumner Loving for Yahoo! Sumner Redstone's media empire makes a deal with Yahoo! to cash in on its audience. It's a great move for both companies -- Yahoo! will be claiming some juicy online real estate on which to plaster its virtual billboards, and Viacom walks away with some welcome greenery.
InternetNews September 29, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	What's The Social Network in The Window Worth? Reports suggest Facebook is worth $2 billion and MySpace $15 billion. How can that be true?
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Anders Bylund	Viacom Going Digital Commenting on a fairly successful third quarter, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone sees the importance of a digital strategy.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2004 Steven Mallas	Viacom Rakes in Ad Sales Viacom reports a great quarter, driven by strong advertising sales.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Steven Mallas	Viacom Loses a Star Chief operating officer Mel Karmazin has decided to leave media conglomerate Viacom, but the company should be just fine. So far, the stock hasn't suffered too badly on the news.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Too Crazy to Be Made Up New court documents make the media giant look like a digital dinosaur.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2006 Steven Mallas	Moonves at the Movies? CBS to enter the movie business? CEO Leslie Moonves laid out his theoretical plans for such an operation. Um, what about the split? If I owned CBS, I'd be scratching my head right about now...
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CBS Reveals Its Secret CBS was supposed to be the sleepier sibling, appealing to income investors with its current 2.8% yield. It turns out that you can score some capital gains and make a little pocket change along the way.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom Caught in the Xfire Old-school media companies keep snapping up new-economy upstarts as trophy wives. Yesterday, Viacom announced that it would acquire Xfire.com in a $102 million deal. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	No Easy Pass to New York Times Website? The newspaper giant is considering a $5 monthly fee for access to its flagship NYTimes.com website.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom's Amazing Race Tonight's debut of the reality series' third season has more than Viacom racing for the finish line.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark	Hitting The March Madness Bandwidth Hoop The annual college basketball tourney is upon us once again and it might have employers hopping mad at CBS SportsLine. Or will it?
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Robert Barker	A Blockbuster Offer with Little Star Power Should investors swap their Viacom stock for shares in Blockbuster? The simplest thing to do is nothing. But the relative values of the two stocks make Blockbuster seem enticing.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Brian Gorman	CBS's Wasted Effort Offering Web video online makes sense, but CBS's focus on original programming may be just a waste of time and money.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2006 Steven Mallas	Viacom Goes It Alone Newly split from CBS, Viacom delivers its first earnings report. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Steven Mallas	CBS Broadcasts Dividends and Buybacks CBS announces a juicy dividend hike and a stock buyback plan. Investors who are interested in the media sector should definitely watch this company.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom Is on the Move There's plenty going on at the media giant, and not all of it is welcome. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Viacom's Next Mistake Yes, it stinks that Viacom's shares are trading lower than they did one, three, and five years ago. But landing a billion bucks to shore up its finances would come at the expense of relinquishing some great assets.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Steven Mallas	MTV Enters Hyperspace Are multiple new MTV-branded websites too much of a good thing? We'll have to wait and see whether this new Internet strategy will eventually help Viacom's shares.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2005 Steven Mallas	Viacom's Next Stop: Splitsville The company reports much-improved earnings ahead of its split into one growth business and one cash-cow business. Other big media corporations and investors alike should be watching this one.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Steven Mallas	Viacom Revisited: Buying Its Way to Success Viacom had an interesting year as a stand-alone entity. The big risk going forward is that management suddenly loses its ability to keep on top of cultural trends -- its brands must never lose their edgy appeal. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away Viacom may be a force in free on-demand video streaming, but once the playing field has been completely leveled, there will be too much content chasing too few eyeballs.
BusinessWeek March 13, 2006 Timothy J. Mullaney	March Madness: CBS's Killer App CBS's Webcast of the NCAA tournament could turn the corner for video on the Net.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Viacom Focuses In The media company will sell one piece of its business that doesn't quite fit into its goals. Given the fact that focus is often a strength, shareholders should be glad Viacom is willing to shed businesses that aren't part of its overall strategy.