cbs corporation industry online media headquarters 235 second street san francisco california united states key people jim lanzone president revenue us 602 million cbs 2009 number of employees 2 080 cnet 2006 parent cbs corporation website cbsinteractive.com cbs interactive inc. formerly cbs digital media group is an american company and is a division of the cbs corporation . it is an online content network for information and entertainment . its websites cover news sports entertainment technology and business . 1 it is headed by jim lanzone . 2 3 cbs interactive coordinates with cbs network sales to bring together ad sales operations as well as the corporation s television sports and news groups who will continue to be involved in program development . contents 1 history 2 brands 2.1 entertainment 2.2 games 2.3 music 2.4 news 2.5 sports 2.6 technology 3 former brands 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit on may 30 2007 cbs interactive acquired last.fm for 140m us 280m . 4 on june 30 2008 cnet networks was acquired by cbs and the assets were merged into cbs interactive including metacritic gamespot tv.com and movietome . 5 on march 15 2012 it was announced that cbs interactive acquired video game based website giant bomb and comic book based website comic vine from whiskey media who sold off their other remaining websites to bermanbraun . this occasion marked the return of video game journalist jeff gerstmann to the cbs interactive division of video game websites which includes gamespot and gamefaqs and has gerstmann once again working directly with some of his former peers at gamespot under the same building at the cbs interactive headquarters . 6 7 on april 17 2012 it was announced that major league gaming and cbs interactive would be entering a partnership alongside twitchtv to be the only exclusive online broadcaster of their pro circuit competitions as well as for advertising representation . 8 9 brands edit entertainment edit cbs interactive s entertainment brands are cbs.com the online home of cbs an american network television channel ; chow recipes discussions reviews videos and stories all related to food ; tv.com discussions show guides reviews and videos all about television ; metacritic a review aggregation website for games music television and movies ; and gamerankings a review aggregation website for games . games edit cbs interactive s games brands are gamefaqs a community driven website with guides and forums about video games ; gamespot news reviews and guides about video games ; comic vine news reviews and forums about comics ; giant bomb news reviews and guides about video games ; and ongamers news analyses and columns about the esports scene . music edit cbs interactive s music brands are last.fm the music discovery service and listening service ; and metrolyrics lyrics videos and news for music . news edit cbs interactive s news brands are cbsnews.com the online home of cbs news the news division of cbs corporation ; and cbsn a 24 hour news channel based completely online and on smart devices a division of cbs news . sports edit cbs interactive s sports brands are cbssports.com the online home of cbs sports with news scores video and discussion about professional sports ; cbssports.com college network the online home of cbs sports college network with news scores video and discussion about collegiate sports ; cbs sports fantasy a website featuring fantasy sports ; and maxpreps a website including information recruiting news video and discussion about high school sports . technology edit logo of cnet cbs interactive s technology brands are cnet an american media website that publishes reviews news articles blogs podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally ; cnet content solutions content solutions related to technology and consumer electronics ; download.com a website for free software ; techrepublic news information resources and forums for it professionals ; and zdnet technology news reviews and videos for technology and business professionals . former brands edit bnet founded in 2007 was an online magazine dedicated to issues of business management . it merged into cbs moneywatch . when see also edit san francisco bay area portal companies portal references edit all brands cbs interactive . cbsinteractive.com . retrieved 2 september 2015 . leena rao . cbs acquires tv guide for online video clicker jim lanzone named president of cbs interactive . techcrunch . aol . retrieved 2 september 2015 . cbs interactive hires jim lanzone as president . cnet . cbs interactive . retrieved 2 september 2015 . music site last.fm bought by cbs . bbc news . may 30 2007 . retrieved april 28 2010 . cbs corporation completes acquisition of cnet networks ; merges operations into new expanded cbs interactive business unit . cbs corporation . 2008 06 30 . archived from the original on august 29 2008 . retrieved 2008 06 30 . giant bomb comic vine join cbs interactive gamespot.com bermanbraun buys most of shelby bonnie s whiskey media kara swisher media allthingsd . allthingsd . retrieved 2 september 2015 . major league gaming partners with cbs interactive . major league gaming . retrieved 2 september 2015 . alex wilhelm 17 april 2012 . cbs takes esports big with twitch.tv and mlg . the next web . retrieved 2 september 2015 . external links edit official website v t e cbs interactive brands bnet cbsnews.com cbs moneywatch cbssports.com 247sports . com maxpreps.com chowhound clicker.com cnet comic vine gamespot giant bomb last.fm metacritic mysimon ongamers smartplanet techrepublic tv.com urbanbaby zdnet related websites cbs innertube download.com findarticles gamefaqs gamerankings gooey movietome mp3.com versiontracker wallstrip channels and shows buzz out loud cbsn cnet tv moblogic staff current dan ackerman bridget carey brian cooley jeff gerstmann jim lanzone daniel terdiman sharon profis staff former matthew barzun veronica belmont esther dyson ina fried richard hart james kim declan mccullagh tom merritt halsey minor natali morris rafe needleman andrew nusca ryan seacrest molly wood contributors current violet blue christopher dawson david gewirtz jason perlow contributors former harry mccracken v t e cbs corporation corporate directors david r. andelman joseph a. califano jr. william s. cohen charles k. gifford leonard goldberg bruce s. gordon arnold kopelson leslie moonves doug morris shari redstone sumner redstone radio stations v t e cbs radio am radio stations kcbs kdka kfnq khtk kikk kilt kmox knx krak krld kxnt kxst kyw kzdg waok wbbm wbz wcbs wcco wfan wins wjfk wjz wpht wqam wscr wtic wwj wxyt fm radio stations kalv fm kamp fm kcbs fm kdka fm kegy kezk fm kezn kfrc fm kfrg khmx kilt fm kits kjaq kjkk kkhh kllc klol kluc fm kluv kmle kmnb kmps fm kmvk kmvq fm kmxb knci kool fm krld fm kroq fm krth ksfm ktwv kvfg kvil kxfg kxqq fm kxte kyky kymx kyxy kzjk kzok fm kzzo wbbm fm wbmp wbmx wbz fm wbzz wcbs fm wcfs fm wdch fm wdok wdsy fm wdzh wfan fm wiad wip fm wjfk fm wjmk wjz fm wkis wkrk fm wlif wlzl wncx wnew fm wocl wods wogl womc womx fm wpgc fm wpow wqal wqmp wrch wtic fm wusn wvee wwmx wxrt wxtu wxyt fm wycd wzgc wzlx wzmp wzmx radio networks boston bruins radio cbs radio news cbs sports radio new york yankees radio digital properties eventful last.fm play.it see also infinity broadcasting corporation former company name broadcast tv assets cbs the cw co owned with warner bros. decades co owned with weigel broadcasting network facilities cbs building cbs broadcast center cbs studio center cbs television city ed sullivan theater cbs television studios cbs productions cbs television distribution big ticket entertainment broadcast stations v t e cbs television stations cbs dec o & o kcbs kcnc kdka kovr kpix ktvt kyw wbbm wbz wcbs wcco wfor wjz wwj cw o & o kbcw kmax kstw wkbd wpcw wpsg wtog wupa other stations ind. kcal ktxa wbxi cd weather wlny tv mynetworktv wbfs wsbk cable channels 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