Paramount
Media & entertainment · United States
Paramount makes films, series and sports for CBS, cable channels and Paramount+, earning from advertising, carriage fees and subscriptions.
What makes it different
Public shareholders have no vote at all.
100%Voting Class A held by Harbor LightsFY2025
Only Class A shares vote, and Harbor Lights, controlled by the Ellison family, holds every one of them.
How big it is
How big is Paramount?
$29.4BTotal revenueFY2025
81.6MParamount+ subscribersQ2 2026
17,600EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Ads and carriage fees, plus subscriptions.
- Affiliate and subscription$13.7B
- Advertising$9.1B
- Licensing and other$6.0B
- Theatrical$0.6B
How the business works
Make once. Air on every screen.
- 1Shows, films, sports rights
- 2CBS, cable, Paramount+
- 3Ads plus carriage fees
Linear TV still pays for much of the content, so every show is sold again on streaming as that audience shifts.
Brands and businesses
More than Paramount.
Who owns it
- Harbor Lights Entertainment, Inc. (formerly National Amusements)100%
- Ellison Family (Lawrence and David Ellison)47.8%
CEO: David Ellison
Who it competes with
AmazonKey moments
- 1914Paramount Pictures is founded
- 1928Paley builds CBS from a radio network
- 1937CBS lists on the New York Stock Exchange
- 1981MTV debuts as a cable channel
- 1993Viacom acquires Paramount Pictures
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Paramount's own reports.
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What Paramount tracks14 metrics
Paramount+ subscribers
Theatrical releases planned
Owned CBS television stations
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
United States
International
The full timeline20 moments
2019
2022
2025
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