Earlier this week, Viacom set the closing date for its merger with CBS as next Wednesday, Dec. 4. To give thanks that the years-long saga about the deal is concluding, we thought we’d look back at how the combination compares with the original Viacom-CBS merger in 2000. It’s not an inspiring story. In 2001, the first full year of the original merged company, it generated revenue of $23.2...
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