Reunited, and it feels so good: The Tipline for 15 August 2019

National Amusements Inc president Shari Redstone is poised to become one of the media industry’s most powerful moguls, now that NAI subsidiaries Viacom and CBS plan to join forces again. The ViacomCBS entity would bring together CBS, the CW and Showtime with Viacom’s BET, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and film studio Paramount, along with many more brands in the US and overseas – for example, there’s a BET UK.