To be clear, this company has been renamed a few times, currently called Paramount Global. But that would have been a confusing/misleading title for the video, so I just stuck with Viacom to keep it simple.

@marklopez7775

Ай бұрын

Hello. Good evening. My name is Brian López. Uh, thanks for the video. Paramount Global makes such good MTV content from all around the world. And it makes a lot of good children's content. Examples of children's content include Hey Arnold!, SpongeBob SquarePants, and many more.

@garyflinn3989

Ай бұрын

You should tack on a disclaimer at the start of the video mentioning that Viacom changed its name to Paramount Global.

@James-el6lj

Ай бұрын

I HATE CAPITALISM

@ThePadillaFilms

Ай бұрын

Honestly it would have been more accurate to call them Paramount Global from the start and then do a few lines of how “they were known as” in the first few lines. It just makes the video seem out of date or inaccurate. It’s a strange creative choice.

@28ebdh3udnav

Ай бұрын

Next video please: *KZread - Why they're Hated*

It’s because they didn’t respect my authoritah

@gamesmovienation3516

Ай бұрын

Calm down cartman you will have your chance you will have your chance

@hakimi69420

Ай бұрын

yea!1!1,1!1

@AndrewBerube41

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@stephenbarabas6286

Ай бұрын

😂😂 top comment

@So-CA_NV_AZ82

Ай бұрын

😂🤣

They absolutely destroyed Nickelodeon and MTV.

@johncrandall5782

Ай бұрын

And Comedy Central. There’s a reason comedy specials are now on Netflix and Comedy Central is Office reruns

@angelicsoulz

Ай бұрын

BET too

@hakimi69420

Ай бұрын

and maybe even CBS if we are going so far

@stephenholloway6893

Ай бұрын

I would argue that at first they saved Nickelodeon considering that Warner Bros didn't really did much with Nickelodeon when they owned it. Just tried to be an cable version of PBS. Since then yes Viacom (now called Paramount Global) has done more harm then good with Nickelodeon.

@jhoughjr1

Ай бұрын

@@stephenholloway6893so viacok brought all the foot frtush chinos?

Given how many KZread creators get striked by Viacom, I'd assume the hate being amplified by these creators to their audiences also contributes.

@keith_5584

Ай бұрын

I think part of that hate is justified by the striken media not being available on streaming platforms, being lost media (WHICH IS THEIR FAULT, for not backing things up and putting them in a single warehouse that burned down), and not having even a physical copy available, maybe ever. (there never was one) There should be some kind of rule that disqualifies copyright strikes if they cannot prove the media is not only owned by the striker, but also must be available in that area. No more 3 card monty with the streaming platforms. The regular fair use harassment is on the border, so I cant weigh in on that.

@NextNate03

Ай бұрын

They opened Pandoras Box. Ever since KZread created the copyright strikes program. There has been countless of companies and individuals (trolls) that abuse the system. That adds up. It cost creators millions of dollars over the years and countless of channels that have been permanently deleted because of false copyright claims. KZread gives 0 support. From my experience in the last 10+ years, they don't even notify you of said claim. All of mine (4 to 6) was false claims. When you dispute the claim, it goes directly to the 🧌 and KZread let the 🧌 make the final decision. It is very justified to be angry because of all that 💩.

@fortynights1513

Ай бұрын

@@keith_5584The biggest issue with copyright on KZread is that it’s a system that is inherently flawed. If you receive a copyright strike that doesn’t make sense and appeal it, then the outcome of said appeal is determined by the same people who sent the claim in the first place. It’d be like if someone falsely accuses you of a crime and decides the outcome of their initial accusation. If you ask me in addition to the copyright system being revised, and the potential of lost media here (which is probably one of the biggest reasons why bootleg uploads happen here at all), another doctrine I’ve thought of is what I like to call the doctrine of commercial viability. Part of why some bootleg uploads stay on KZread for years and years with no strikes or takedowns is because the media could be so obscure that nobody would pay the rightsholder for access to or owning a copy of it now. I think there’s a difference between uploading recent clips or episodes of TV shows currently in production, and some show a decade old or older that nobody thinks about except you.

It was always weird to me that the rights to Star Trek were split between CBS and Viacom.

@DeathViper3k

Ай бұрын

That actually makes sense... Paramount and CBS were jointly owned... CBS broadcasted TV shows.. Paramount did movies... so when CBS split off from Viacom they took the rights to the TV show And now that they're back together... problem solved.

@pablocasas5906

Ай бұрын

I'm not that old, but I read that way before Viacom sued KZread they used to send C&D letters to Star Trek fansites

I’m surprised you didn’t bring up how Viacom rebranded itself as Paramount Global in 2022.

@BraydenBunch58

Ай бұрын

You mean ViacomCBS rebranding as Paramount? (Sorry I sound like the 🤓 emoji)

@TheMimic12

Ай бұрын

Yeah he just kinda glossed over a lot of the inner business working of Viacom and CBS splitting and merging back together

@companyman114

Ай бұрын

@@TheMimic12 Sure did. Not what I wanted the video to be about.

@TheMimic12

Ай бұрын

@@companyman114 realized a bit after that it wasn't part of your thesis statement

@brandonburns5365

Ай бұрын

​@@companyman114understandable... but if affects the integrity of the video.

They’re beyond hated content creators want them off the map

@JRProductions1203

Ай бұрын

Their Hatred for them is a bit Justified if you ask me.

@ashleyshim2078

Ай бұрын

Yup!​@@JRProductions1203

Matt Stone and Trey Parker were not allowed to outright call Tom Cruise gay for the episode Trapped in the Closet because Viacom wouldn't allow it due to Tom Cruise threatening to stop promoting Mission Impossible III.

@Tolstoy111

Ай бұрын

Cruise is notorious for threatening to sue for defamation. And he has the money to follow it through.

@Bulzeeb15

Ай бұрын

Hey, is that fudge-packer Tom Cruise?

@doughertyyy

Күн бұрын

Well yeah... But low key it made even funnier in my opinion. Tom Cruise is a fudge packer

anyone who made KZread videos about Viacom shows in the late 2000s-early 2010s is having some PTSD right now

@RepostProductions

Ай бұрын

Every YTPer is shaking

@pablocasas5906

Ай бұрын

I still remember how between the late 2000s and early 2010 it always seemed like there was a KZread video lacking audio saying that it was due to Warner, Universal or Sony Music claiming rights or a video taken down by Viacom

@iammegamanx

Ай бұрын

Stopped making ytps in 2011 because of viacom lmfao

@iLikeTheWordRetro

Ай бұрын

They took down so many hilarious YTPs I swear I hate them sm

@davidt303

Ай бұрын

Yeah I wish TheRealWeeklyNews was still around to comment on this

As a Neopets user since 99' I can say Viacom dipping their fingers in the virtual pet market was dumbest move since it hurt Neopets badly to a point where businesses that had it after kept flopping the website until it fixed itself.

@fortynights1513

Ай бұрын

Neopets had one issue that was bigger than the companies who owned it: The fact that in the mid 2010’s, Flash as a gaming paradigm really declined. Not that Viacom did them any favors, but it feels like people don’t play browser games as much as the 2000’s or early 2010’s.

@flashmusicarchive9584

Ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 it was an issue and Neopets was too busy being ping-ponged across the marketable table to put the time and money into converting their games. At least we have Ruffle to continue enjoying the games.

@eatatjoes6751

Ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 They’re back with John Legend now.

@fortynights1513

Ай бұрын

@@eatatjoes6751John Legend bought Neopets?

@GenieGin13

Ай бұрын

​@@fortynights1513no, he got him as an ambassador. He will be promoting neopets which is undergoing a kind of reconstruction now with the new management. Prior to that, his wife was already known to be a huge neopets player in the community

I can tell you why I personally hate Viacom. I was the logo designer for the SpongeBob Band Geeks Reanimated project. It was my first time designing a logo for such a big project. I can tell you that everyone who submitted a scene worked their asses off on that video. It was an amazing love letter to Stephen Hillenberg who had recently passed away at that time. When the video was posted, everyone was shocked about the views it was getting. If I recall correctly, it got about 2 million views in about 2 weeks. It was amazing to see all of the love and passion everyone put in get recognized. Then freaking Viacom saw the video and took it down. Now, I'm not going to sit here and claim that they had no legal right to do that. They absolutely did. However, Opra (the person behind the project) made it clear that no one was profiting from the project. I even think monetization was turned off. The reason why I hold a grudge is that Viacom could've claimed it, and just earn ad revenue from the video by keeping it up. But no. They took it down in all countries except Canada for some reason. Everyone behind the project was really upset about it. So yeah, thanks Viacom.

@pilotgrrl1

Ай бұрын

Viacom sucks! Sorry you got violated by them.

@heyitsnemo

Ай бұрын

They can’t block videos in North Korea or Iran.

@BDBD16

Ай бұрын

You stole IP, you are lucky you didnt get sued.

@IcyCubey

Ай бұрын

​​​@@BDBD16 It is a bit of a gray area in terms of fair use, and Viacom is definitely petty, but I don't think that they are THAT petty. Like I said, legally Viacom had every right to take it down. But we were especially annoyed with it because 24/7 unofficial Spongebob streams were abundant on KZread at the time, and yet Viacom took our project down instead of dealing with the actual copyright infringement that was pretty much in broad daylight. It just felt really unfair at the time.

@Bishounen

Ай бұрын

Spongebob reanimated is not fair use, it's straight up a bootleg of a TV show, of course it got taken down!?!?

And after Sumner Redstone died, his daughter Shari took over the company, and promptly remerged Paramount and CBS, which Sumner refused to do because he said it was a bad idea. The company's been in a death spiral ever since and she is going against the board and refusing to sell the company because it won't enrich her personally enough.

@dwood78part23

Ай бұрын

And after Sumner Redstone died, his daughter Shari took over the company, and promptly remerged Paramount and CBS, which Sumner refused to do because he said it was a bad idea. Lee Moonves- who was at the time in charge of CBS Corporation also opposed that re-merger for the same reason. & he got metooed out of his job for it. I too had a feeling that the re-merger was a bad idea becuase the " new" Vaicom wasn't doing as well as CBS Corporation was doing at the time.

@carljosephfriedrich8919

Ай бұрын

Shari is making it all right😄😄

@stickynorth

Ай бұрын

THIS! ALL OF THIS!

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

@@dwood78part23 Redstone threw his OWN Son Frank(Who alongside Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman had TURNED both MTV and Nickelodeon's Fortune's around in just a year and a half by 1985 which were both Failing Networks under Warner Amex) under the Bus in January 1997 for Herb Shelbert, Shelbert had convinced Viacom to drop MCA Television, Abandon the MTV Networks IPO and BUY 100% Nickelodeon on March 22,1995. Shelbert was a pretty scummy fellow. I've never heard of a someone who was successfully able to convince an owner like Samuel "Summer" Redstone to turn on his OWN Son.

@Fourtune1

Ай бұрын

A nepo kid with zero intelligence or leadership skills destroys the company? Not surprising

"Oh look. Viacom is taking down content that's none of their business. As a KZreadr this is all too common for me."

When I was a kid, they were renegotiating their contract with our TV provider, so instead of their regular programming, Nickelodeon was airing a looped video of their CEO explaining the situation. My siblings and I were so mad that we кilled the CEO in effigy.

@Fay7666

Ай бұрын

The 90s version of #FreeFortnite lmao

@Rojiblanco1906

Ай бұрын

Wasn't that when they were in a contract battle with Directv and after they couldn't reach an agreement Directv aired a loop of their CEO explaining what happened?

@a_literal_brick

Ай бұрын

@@Rojiblanco1906 probably. All I remember is that we were really mad at Viacom and the guy on the TV specifically

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

@@a_literal_brick You're probably referring to Herbert Shelbert. He took over as CEO of Nickelodeon in 1997. He also Ousted Geraldine and Talked Summer/Sumner into throwing his OWN Son Frank Redstone off the Chairboard. Shelbert was a pretty sleazy and scummy fellow. Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman left Viacom altogether in March of 1998 because of this.

@a_literal_brick

Ай бұрын

@@Tornado1994 no, I grew up in the 2000s, so it would have been someone else

Viacom taking down several iconic Spinegbob KZread Poops during the golden age of KZread is my big reason. Good riddance

@jhoughjr1

Ай бұрын

People orders our patties

@Fay7666

Ай бұрын

I'd argue that had they not done that, SpongeBob would probably be an order if not two orders of magnitude more prevalent in millennial / genx pop culture than it is right now, even though it still is very much prevalent as a sign that it was _just that good_ of a show.

@wajowski

Ай бұрын

@@Fay7666 Which in turn would've made it more profitable, so I guess they shot themselves in the foot with that one.

@kuhntzzz

Ай бұрын

RIP spingebill’s homosexual christmas my favorite spongebob ytp 😭💔

They’re hated cause they don’t like fair use

Can you do Warner Bros. Discovery: Why they're Hated?

@zzizahacallar

Ай бұрын

Good one

@fortynights1513

Ай бұрын

Why do people who hate them, hate them? Not familiar

@shadowtheimposter

Ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513Tax write-offs, among others. If you’re not familiar I would suggest looking them up but it is frustrating. So many projects that will never see the light of day because money…

@GiordanDiodato

Ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 maybe the people who hate them are racist or hate science?

@Minecrayey

Ай бұрын

​@@fortynights1513tax writes off maomao deleted acme vs roadrunner movie Cancelled infinity train and more

You forgot they bought Spelling Entrrtainment in 1994, and part of their acquisition of Blockbuster, they got Virgin Interactive, the biggest games company in Europe at the time. I know, I was President of Virgin.

@jhoughjr1

Ай бұрын

I had their space shuttle simulator for dos. It was too detailed for 9 yt old me.

@LogoAttitude

Ай бұрын

Viacom didn't fully own Spelling until 1999. Today, Spelling's theatrical and DTV libraries are held by the Melange Pictures unit of Paramount Pictures, while the TV library is held by the Spelling Television unit of CBS Studios. This includes the various acquired properties in the Spelling library (Republic Pictures, Taft Entertainment, QM Productions, National Telefilm Associates, etc.).

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

@@LogoAttitude Viacom didn't also fully own Nickelodeon until 1995. And Fully Purchased all the MTV Networks properties back to back, Comedy Central Partners in 1996,VH1 Communications in 1997, Lifetime Television Networks in 1998 and finally with the Purchase of CBS Television in February of 1999, Viacom was now in Full control of MTV Networks as MTV was finally fully purchased by them. For Shits and Giggles, they dissolved MTV Networks for good in 2001 and labeled everything "Viacom International".

@GreatMewtwo

Ай бұрын

I remember seeing the closing logo of Worldvision Enterprises (not affiliated with World Vision International, a religious and charitable organization) bearing the name of Blockbuster Entertainment.

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

@@GreatMewtwo Worldvision/TAFT aka Great American Broadcasting Spelling were the Parent Company of Hanna Barbera, Ruby Spears and MCA Television. They were acquired by Turner Entertainment in 1990.

The 2004 Superbowl incident was ridiculous. Everybody has nipples. This is why Europe laughs at us.

@professorbenjaminfranklinv9911

Ай бұрын

And everyone laughs at Europe

@VVilde36

Ай бұрын

​@@professorbenjaminfranklinv9911 r/whoosh

@Bishounen

Ай бұрын

To be fair Europe doesn't allow a lot of things we allow (mostly political stuff)

@fortynights1513

Ай бұрын

Compared to a lot of things Viacom is criticized for, it’s kind of a drop in the bucket. Indecent sure, but there’s far worse things people have mentioned in this comment section.

Lots of good points here but I would add these as well. How UPN was handled before they became The CW. How The CW was abandoned by Viacom/Warner and sold to Nexstar. How Tom Freston Was fired after the failed MySpace deal. Shari Redstone dragging her feet on the current sale of the company. Mel Karmazin The struggles on the Network Level of the CBS News Division and its local stations (there are exceptions but not many). How Paramount movies have gotten worse over the years. The Quiet on Set Documentry about Dan Schneider and other behind the scenes controversy at Nickelodeon. My local CBS station is owned by Paramount/Viacom (KDKA-TV and WPKD-TV) BTW.

@cdvideodump

Ай бұрын

Tbf The CW blunder was also Warner Bros Discovery's fault. If I recall correctly, it was operated as a joint venture

@Bbabybear02

Ай бұрын

​@@cdvideodumpI updated the list to include that.

@Suarez05

Ай бұрын

YESSIR! I'm VERY Passionate about the Quiet on Set Part.

@LogoAttitude

Ай бұрын

@@cdvideodump It didn't help that the NFL chose not to replace Fox with the CW over Fox News as punishment for the latter's role in what happened on January 6, 2021. Had that happened, Nexstar wouldn't have entered the picture. But the NFL is too scared of its conservative fans. But they will call out things said by their conservative players like they did with Harrison Butker, which makes the NFL hypocrites. Perhaps if Biden offered a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Goodell in exchange for dropping Fox, it could have happened. Yes I know this would be a crime, but Biden would probably be pardoned by the next Democrat in the Oval Office.

Paramount is notorious for having a team of lawyers constantly scouring the internet for any sign of copyright violations. Whether it's torrents, film criticism, or reaction videos, if there's more than 10 seconds of continuous video, they pounce.

As someone who was a fandom crazed preteen in the 2010s, Viacom will always be synonymous with corporate copyright claims

Oh Viacom, the Subway of TV networks; they even had their own versions of Jared Fogle.

I worked at Nickelodeon Animation Studio from 2007 - 2015 and this analysis of Viacom is very accurate if not with a gentle touch. Viacom is responsible for the decline of Nickelodeon, MTV and other networks. There are great people that work in those studios, but the company itself is not the culture for everyone. Once Viacom started taking over Nickelodeon Animation operations and creative workflows, what used to be a creative and fun place to work quickly became full of executives with big ideas. Viacom never wanted to acknowledge that Netflix and KZread were serious competitors - because their leadership is literally old and not in touch with tech trends. Netflix is walking circles around Nickelodeon now. All of the major studios have struggled with adjusting to online streaming, but Viacom denied it for many years, even when I left the company in 2015.

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

Viacom went FULL Corporate when Sumner threw his OWN Son Frank under the bus in June of 1997 and replaced him with Herb Shelbert. Shelbert also fired Geraldine, and Vanessa.

They’re now called Paramount Global.

@zch7491

Ай бұрын

I wonder if company man just figured no one would know that name and just went with the old name for this video

I'm in the minority and think ruining Nickelodeon was the most despicable thing they've done to mankind

@thelaylistchannel1376

Ай бұрын

Yes, you certainly are. You creep.

@IAmNotAFunguy

Ай бұрын

Go watch the new documentary "Quiet on Set" or read Jennette McCurdy's book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" to get an idea how Nickelodeon was treating those child age actors! They didn't just ruin it for people that enjoyed watching it. They also ruined it for those children that very likely had a dream job of acting and being on TV!...

Viacom allegedly uploading their "stolen" content to KZread is just next level vileness.

I was gonna do a backflip if the Neopets thing didn't come up...... NEOPETS was one of the FASTEST growing children's IPs in that time period, and instead of continuing to grow they fumbled and stagnated the game. Anyway, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, THE FIRST PLOT ON NEOPETS IN OVER 7+ YEARS IS ON AS OF THIS WEEK!!! We are back baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@soogymoogi

Ай бұрын

Damn that's crazy! I haven't played Neopets since I was like 13 (moved onto subeta then flight rising) but the fact that yall haven't had a plot in 7 years is crazy. Last year Neopets sponsored a retro game convention in my city too

@VVilde36

Ай бұрын

@@soogymoogi howdy fellow FR player! I hope the anniversary Fathom hatches you got came out good/will come out with good colors! They teased the current plot at RetroGameCon 2023 back in september as well as introduced the ability to buy the old classic artsyle as a wearable at that panel!! Yeah since that teaser on the livestream we've just been going insane on the boards/discord [very active] Plot is going to be going on for a while so if you wanted to dust off your account theres tons of time to catch it!

@soogymoogi

Ай бұрын

@@VVilde36 thanks, both of mine came out fairly matchy and one was three off of XYX. I mostly do fandragons so I'm selling the two g1s, but I have some good ideas for fathom fandergs I'd like to do with the scrolls I'm brewing. I think I have enough on my plate rn and starting on another petsite would be a bit much but I'll spread the word if folks ask!

@TillyKyKayKat

Ай бұрын

YES WE BACK BABY!!! I had to dig through comments to find someone else on the edge of their seat for the mention of Neopets.

@GenieGin13

Ай бұрын

​@@TillyKyKayKatsame! I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking of neopets after reading the title and kept scrolling scrolling scrolling

Everyone hating on Disney so much yet Viacom gets away with more bullshit and make worse shit.

@KTJohnsonkidThunder

Ай бұрын

Disney, Paramount Global, and WBD are equally hated in my book.

@TheOtherBill

Ай бұрын

Disney fell faster and further.

@fortynights1513

Ай бұрын

Could it be said that if Viacom was bigger, their actions would be acknowledged more often?

@aqilbinnoorazman365

26 күн бұрын

I fucking hate disney paramount and warner

Sheri Redstone ownes National Amusement the company that ownes Viacom

@dwood78part23

Ай бұрын

& she's running the company into the ground.

@ki5aok

Ай бұрын

@@dwood78part23 Her father pretty much did that on his own.

@jhoughjr1

Ай бұрын

Publicly traded companies are anti competitive

@carljosephfriedrich8919

Ай бұрын

@@ki5aok So she is doing her part to crash and burn it all? Great daughter!

@bjkarana

Ай бұрын

Every shareholder knows of Sheri. 🤬

Don’t forget about the “scary“ Viacom logo with the V that looked like it was going to crash out of the TV screen.

All large corporations are hated. All good companies die to a corporation that buys them out. They lose their original vision, creativity, and soul. Large corporations don't innovate, they wait till someone else does and they swoop in with their fat wallets and buy out the idea. Then its a downward spiral to "reduce costs, get revenue up at all costs" mission and its disgusting.

Eric Cartman is pretty much the ceo of Viacom lol!

1:19 - "They control a significant part of the entertainment industry." True, and while people know this, they also conveniently forget it when you try to tell them that the people who hold the microphone are the one controlling the narrative, pushing the agenda, telling people what's popular, what to think, whose side to be on, who they're supposed to be against this week, etc. It's as if people are smart enough to know someone's controlling things, but not smart enough to realize their role in following, blindly.

@jagboy69

Ай бұрын

BINGO! Nice to see not everyone is sleeping behind the wheel.

Well before merging with Paramount, Viacom had also drawn the ire of many who saw the company's V of Doom logo when a new jingle for it debuted in 1978, two years after the logo debuted originally using the previous logo's jingle. Many blame the V of Doom for bad dreams they have had over the years. Paramount is itself guilty of scaring TV viewers with their TV logos that they used between 1969-87. So yeah, Viacom and Paramount have been messing with people for decades, well before their copyright battles with KZread.

Dan "Open Wider" Snyder Dan "Toes on my Tonsils" Snyder Dan "Pleased to Feet Me" Snyder Dan "Sole Provider" Snyder

The wardrobe malfunction was 20 years ago?!? Oaf that hurts

One more reason I’d say is Dan Schneider, he was the mastermind of Nickelodeon sitcoms of the late 2000s/early 2010s. Although the shows were a success he’s seen as being a sex offender. There was also the underage feet issue attached to him as well as the conspiracy that he got Jamie Lynn Spears pregnant while she was a minor (her pregnancy cancelled Zoey101).

@marknemeth267

Ай бұрын

Dan Schneider, not Hentschel.

@aidensarrazin8001

Ай бұрын

@@marknemeth267I realized that now just got them mixed up

@jagboy69

Ай бұрын

The entertainment industry is full of very evil people!

Imagine Company Man doing a Why They're Hated video on DeviantART. I'm sure we could all agree with the biggest reason mentioned should that be uploaded.

@QuarkXQuasar

Ай бұрын

When they kicked out Jark?

@cdvideodump

Ай бұрын

*inflation intensifies*

@RomanticPhantom0

Ай бұрын

i'd watch this

@lainiwakura1776

Ай бұрын

You can't even report art theft on the site anymore...

@SlapstickGenius23

Ай бұрын

Why not adobe? They’re just as scummy and amoral.

I never realized how huge Viacom got over the past 30 years. I'm old enough to have grown up watching all their old shows in syndication, each one ending with the screeching "V of Doom" production logo. (Or the 70's xylo-synth mindbender they used before that!) I thought they were just some rinkydink outfit with a cheesy logo. Then it would control the businesses of a broadcast network and a movie studio, and much more. Insert V of Doom music at highest volume here!

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

People overlook the THREE Key Fellows at MTV Networks Inc from 1984 to 1994: Frank Redstone aka Summer Jr, Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman. These MEN completely put Nickelodeon and MTV Networks On the MAP and ran them with absolute Excellence. Frank Redstone is responsible for things like YO MTV Raps, Nick Jr, Liquid TV, Nicktoons, Game Shows you name it. Shari's older Brother built Both Nickelodeon and MTV. Keep in mind, MTV and Nickelodeon were LOSS Leaders and NOT Turning A profit before '84. MTV didn't even turn a profit until '84-85 and Nickelodeon had Lost money on a consistent basis since 1979.

The original Viacom used to scare the heck outta me back in the 80s & 90s with their infamous "V of Doom" closing logo. At least you closed the video with using the "V of Steel" logo than the "V of Doom" one! That said, the "new" Vaicom (as it's a different company from the original Vaicom) upset a lot of YTers for suing the site- which long term ending up hurting the company. Also re-merging the new Viacom with CBS Corp didn't help either (CBS was in better shape than Viacom at the time of the re-merger.) Today, the company is now called "Paramount Global" & it's now looking for a buyer!

@LogoAttitude

Ай бұрын

The V of Steel was succeeded by the Wigga Wigga, which had a jingle that sounded like a rock song and Don LaFontaine's voice saying the company name. This was the first Viacom logo I remember seeing.

I remember that little animation of Viacom on my 90s TV shows

My problem with Viacom is, like many other major media conglomerates, they take down uploads of their copyrighted shows, while at the same time, not making them legally available for us watch at our leisure. There are plenty of Nickelodeon shows that are sadly subject to this.

Worth noting that Viacom bought Blockbuster in 1994 to get a sizable cash influx to outbid QVC for Paramount. The purchase of Paramount also gave Viacom a chain of 5 theme parks that got a lot of IP added to the park.

Viacom has taken the fun out of MTV! That network no longer has a SINGLE music video!

@ckfinke7625

Ай бұрын

Just ask Fall Out Boy who said "KZread killed MTV" when they redid Billy Joel's hit song "We Didn't Start the Fire"!

I'm old enough to remember the "V of doom" logo that they used.

Remember that time Viacom bought the children's gaming website, Neopets, and then proceeded to plaster the site with inappropriate adult content banner ads? Yeah, they did that and I probably still have the screenshots to prove it.

Nipplegate was the biggest nontroversey in history to me. It’s a nipple. Your children were not scarred for life. They likely barely knew what they saw. At worst, you’d have to be a parent and teach them something. The amount of outrage was levels above what it ever should have been. Utterly ridiculous.

And yet the FCC let Disney become a monopoly, it's only a matter of time before Disney buys Viacom/paramount

@Jonathanest90s

Ай бұрын

Warner Bros wants a word with you.

@brawnbenson552

Ай бұрын

Comcast is BIGGER! 😂

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom

You do one on Warner Bros. Discovery.

@fromthehaven94

Ай бұрын

Talk about opening a can of worms.

I see Eric Cartman on the thumbnail, I click.

I’m surprised you didn’t bring up any of the Dan Schneider stuff that happened under Nickelodeon.

@communism-is-tits

Ай бұрын

Foot fetish 😢

@RomanticPhantom0

Ай бұрын

it's not really that kind of channel

@mbdg6810

Ай бұрын

Is that on the Nickelodeon video itself??

@glassowlie

Ай бұрын

@@mbdg6810 No.

@stickynorth

Ай бұрын

@@mbdg6810 It's ALL ABOUT NICKELODEON and its management and how they all turned a blind eye to child abuse. This should 100% be part of a video on why a company is hated. In fact THE MAIN REASON. Enabling the worst parts of humanity for profit...

They dragged Neopets down lol

@SlabbyMess

Ай бұрын

Haven’t seen that name in forever

If you go over the actions of every corporation you're likely to find a ton of scummy things.

looking forward to this one. they own some properties i absolutely love and they’ve always treated them in the worst way. my best friend (who lives in the uk) and i went to new york years ago and saw their headquarters there, so we stopped to take a picture fake-punching the entrance sign together. i think it’s a universal feeling

You should do a video about B.E.T it used to be a great network in the early 90s to the mid-2000s before its tragic transformation😢.

The lawsuit against KZread made most things unwatchable. It’s why I hate them.

Don't forget, another reason Nickelodeon is hated now is because of allegations the past few years over the working environment for all the children working on their various shows. Jennette McCurdy talked about it in her book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" and they just had that new documentary "Quiet on Set".

Viacom TV channels have been removed from some cable systems & some have also removed CBS.

Now it’s called Paramount Global

Cracks me up how you uploaded this on Garfield's 46th birthday considering the fact that Viacom acquired the rights to Garfield in 2019

Surprised you didn't mention that the CBS they acquired in 1999 was also Westinghouse Electric Corporation, so Viacom was even building friggin nuclear reactors.

@ArtieArchives

Ай бұрын

Also the whole UPN scandal and the channel going out of business in 2006

Viacom, Needs to be Busted up, its much too large,,,,,

@KTJohnsonkidThunder

Ай бұрын

Yep. Then again, Disney and Microsoft are WORSE when it comes to business monopolies.

"Let me know in the comments how you feel about Viacom. Do you like them?" Why would anybody like the shady faceless corporation? What kind of a question is that!? XD Apathy and indifference is the best they could hope for.

To be completely honest you pulled the curtain of my childhood back and showed me who made all the sausage. I’m not sure how to feel about Viacom, they’ve had there tentacles in everything I loved or remember as a child.

Loving the implication that Redstone didn't change his mind regarding retirement but did flip on death.

The EA of television 😔

It should be illegal to add over $900 million in debt as a gift to the shareholders who would then sell their shares. The people who make the debt should have to pay the debt.

For those who grew up with the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, we saw there name and heard there logo after evrey aired episode - A white/purple background with chrome letters and a darker voice; VIACOM! And with age realized they where a big player with owning MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and even old classic Paramount Studios etc-etc.

And I'm on the side of people who are fans of when MTV was a music channel. I want MTV to go back to being music videos like they do.

Reason 9: All the folks who were traumatized by the V of Doom logo as children

Viacom: -Why- they’re hated

Discovery is also catching up now that they own WB.

I love Neopets and still play! They're having a resurgence and it makes me happy.

Who here bets that Viacom is going to copyright strike this video?

@ckfinke7625

Ай бұрын

I mean, this isn't the first Viacom (now Paramount) video from Company Man. First the MTV one (his second ever video after the decline of Kmart), then the rise and fall of Nickelodeon, now this one on Viacom. Think they'll all be blocked?

@damonlam9145

Ай бұрын

⁠@@ckfinke7625I knew I wasn’t crazy, I don’t know how long this video will last but let’s just wait and see.

Viacom is a well-known media company.

@stickynorth

Ай бұрын

INFAMOUS media company is more accurate...

Additionally, South Park has become the subject of a further dispute. In 2020, the show’s creators entered into an agreement granting HBO exclusive streaming rights, a move that met with disapproval from Viacom. In response, Viacom reduced the number of episodes for forthcoming seasons from ten to six, opting instead to supplement the content with two annual direct-to-streaming films on Paramount+. This decision has led to a legal challenge from HBO, which has initiated a lawsuit against Viacom seeking damages of $500 million.

I learned what Viacom was as an 11 year old (2007) because they did 2 unacceptable things. 1 - They made it impossible to access legacy Nickelodeon content, so I couldn't watch Doug, one of my favorite shows ever. I had to learn how to pirate TV shows as a kid. And 2 - They copyright struck a bunch of KZread Poopers and threatened the genre.

I hope you have a nice day!

Yo someone gimme a link to that Viacom animation near the beginning

The only reason I know of Viacom as a company is because of them buying and crudding up Neopets, which I enjoyed playing as a young lad. Glad it got a very brief mention.

@ckfinke7625

Ай бұрын

Of course, I knew Viacom for their logos coming off of old CBS shows. They in turn owned the MTV Networks, then also owned CBS, and then split in 2006, one becoming CBS (owning the said network as well as Showtime) and the other as Viacom (owning the basic cable channels including Nickelodeon and MTV), only to reunite in 2019 to become ViacomCBS, then renamed Paramount in 2022 (thanks to the brand becoming bigger since Paramount+).

@Tornado1994

Ай бұрын

@@ckfinke7625 MTV Networks,Inc as a IPO was dissolved on May 16,1994, MTV Networks as a Label was completely dissolved on August 21,2001.

How long until they find a reason to copyright strike this video?

@ckfinke7625

Ай бұрын

Not to mention the others he posted on MTV and Nickelodeon!

You unlocked a memory when you mentioned Neopets 😂

After Les Moonves’ sexual abuse scandal came to light, I wasn’t the least bit surprised when Julie Chen announced she was leaving the Talk. Of course, she’s still married to him and even took on his last name professionally… 😒

@ueno1

Ай бұрын

She's a "born again" wacko now too.😏🙄

What happened to your annuversary video? I had it saved to watch later but it's gone 😢. Love all videos

Request: do “The Decline of FTD Florists…What Happened?”, because I want a lecture on why they filed Chapter 11 in 2019. Your lectures on business failures are great! Keep it up!

Vicam, along with Paramount which it's a part of, has been horribly mismanaged over the years by people who are severely incompetent. They're also the company that turned MTV into a shell of what it once was.

Very bold of you to make another video about Viacom due to how much they copyright claim any KZread video about them, yourself included as this isn’t the first time you talk about them.

I heard that KZread gained popularity as a place where that wardrobe-mishap could be shared.

@companyman114

Ай бұрын

Possibly but it would have had to be censored. Plus KZread didn't exist yet when it happened so it would have had to been after the fact.

To be honest, here in Europe, the whole janet jackson incident was no big deal at all

how can u skip over Dan Schneider and the quiet on set documentary

Video dropped just in time to jump start me in folding these clothes❤

My anger towards them is because of the fact that they were letting known pedophiles like Brian Peck and Dan Schneider get away with doing what they did with Actors, Actresses, and employees

That "Viacom" ::jingle:: at the end of Nickelodeon shows takes me back. I heard it in my brain when I saw the thumbnail for this video.

It’s actually called CBS or Paramount Global, I get the Viacom era was the worst time when they started having mismanagements with splitting assets and suing content creators on KZread! I don’t hate Redstone, but I hate how he fired Tom Freston who didn’t want to take the big risk of MySpace, and was the better CEO than Moonves. Freston who grew MTV and Nickelodeon to be iconic networks, only to be ruined by his successors at the company!

Thanks for including Howard Stern ✌🏻

How do you make your video? I want a tutorial. I also want to show some companies that I have researched.

To give some context for the Neopets point: Neopets got a full revamp in 2007, when Viacom owned them. This controversial change to the game lead to the website and even the pets themselves getting redesigned. The redesign was primarily done to accommodate the new dress up feature added, but some preferred the old art. In retrospect though you can kind of forgive them for this when you consider they weren't even Neopets' worst owners. That title would definitely go to Netdragon for trying to sell Neopets NFTs rather than implementing features fans want and trying to salvage the game after the death of flash. I still hate what Viacom did with KZread and some of their channels though.

Surprised no mention of the perception of what they did to Vidcon once they took control of it. Viacom bought vidcon in i think 2018, and the response was NOT positive (everyone still very much remembered Viacom's lawsuit against KZread). Luckily the con hasn't really suffered much in my opinion, but there is still a MASSIVE corporate presence there, especially in the expo hall area, that feels really unnatural. It's still a fun convention but the corporatization still left a bad taste in everyone's mouth (seeing the Paramount logo on the Vidcon website still bugs me a lot).