NEW YORK, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBS Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend on the Company's common stock of $.05 per share. The dividend is payable on July 1, 2009 to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2009.
About CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW - a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime Networks and CBS College Sports Network), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products), video/DVD (CBS Home Entertainment), in-store media (CBS Outernet) and motion pictures (CBS Films). For more information, log on to http://www.cbscorporation.com/.
CBS Corporation
CONTACT: Dana McClintock, +1-212-975-1077, dlmcclintock@cbs.com; Andrea
Prochniak, +1-212-975-0053, andrea.prochniak@cbs.com, both for CBS
Corporation
Web Site: http://www.cbscorporation.com/
