Viacom - Why They're Hated

[@companyman114]

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]

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]

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

[@James-el6lj]

I HATE CAPITALISM

[@ThePadillaFilms]

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 It just makes the video seem out of date or inaccurate.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]

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

[@rithessa]

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

[@keith_5584]

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]

They opened Pandoras Box. Ever since KZbin 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. KZbin 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 KZbin let the 🧌 make the final decision. It is very justified to be angry because of all that 💩.

[@fortynights1513]

@@keith_5584The biggest issue with copyright on KZbin 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 KZbin 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.

[@Billy-ot8mk]

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

[@DeathViper3k]

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]

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

[@blackmesacake5361]

They absolutely destroyed Nickelodeon and MTV.

[@johncrandall5782]

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

[@angelicsoulz]

BET too

[@omega_AH]

and maybe even CBS if we are going so far

[@stephenholloway6893]

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]

@@stephenholloway6893so viacok brought all the foot frtush chinos?

[@JukeDenton]

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

[@BraydenBunch58]

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

[@TheMimic12]

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

[@companyman114]

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

[@TheMimic12]

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

[@brandonburns5365]

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

[@flashmusicarchive]

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]

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.

[@flashmusicarchive]

@@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]

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

[@fortynights1513]

@@eatatjoes6751John Legend bought Neopets?

[@GenieGin13]

​@@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

[@pass_]

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

[@RepostProductions]

Every YTPer is shaking

[@pablocasas5906]

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

[@iammegamanx]

Stopped making ytps in 2011 because of viacom lmfao

[@iLikeTheWordRetro]

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

[@davidt303]

Yeah I wish TheRealWeeklyNews was still around to comment on this

[@Mjflight98]

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

[@JRProductions1203]

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

[@ashleyshim2078]

Yup!​@@JRProductions1203

[@hogunthegrim5464]

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]

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

[@Bulzeeb15]

Hey, is that fudge-packer Tom Cruise?

[@doughertyyy]

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

[@IcyCubey]

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]

Viacom sucks! Sorry you got violated by them.

[@heyitsnemo]

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

[@BDBD16]

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

[@IcyCubey]

​​​@@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 KZbin 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]

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

[@PXAbstraction]

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]

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]

Shari is making it all right😄😄

[@stickynorth]

THIS! ALL OF THIS!

[@Tornado1994]

@@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]

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

[@a_literal_brick]

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]

The 90s version of #FreeFortnite lmao

[@Rojiblanco1906]

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]

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

[@Tornado1994]

@@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]

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

[@agcaoiliproductions9580]

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

[@jhoughjr1]

People orders our patties

[@Fay7666]

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]

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

[@kuhntzzz]

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

[@chriskay1449]

@@wajowski Why would it make it more poriftable if everyone is going to what isn't actually SpongeBob?

[@MikeySharky]

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

[@zzizahacallar]

Good one

[@fortynights1513]

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

[@shadowtheimposter]

@@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]

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

[@Minecrayey]

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

[@claytonrios1]

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

[@chriskay1449]

OK look a KZbinr is stealing other people's creations to profit off of.

[@claytonrios1]

@chriskay1449 Have you never heard of fair use and the satire and parody clause?

[@NathanSpies]

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

[@chriskay1449]

KZbinrs abuse "Fair Use" to justify their stealing.

[@Bbabybear02]

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]

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

[@Bbabybear02]

​@@cdvideodumpI updated the list to include that.

[@Suarez05]

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

[@LogoAttitude]

@@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.

[@mattwolf7698]

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

[@professorbenjaminfranklinv9911]

And everyone laughs at Europe

[@VVilde36]

​@@professorbenjaminfranklinv9911 r/whoosh

[@Bishounen]

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

[@fortynights1513]

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.

[@timchaney8184]

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]

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

[@LogoAttitude]

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]

@@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]

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]

@@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.

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

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".

[@fifthrider]

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]

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

[@idrathernot_2]

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

[@dygrdqjzco7j]

They’re now called Paramount Global.

[@zch7491]

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

[@bjkarana]

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

[@JaredKuvent]

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 KZbin 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]

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.

[@bobthebuilder8110]

Ahh, the point about Netflix and KZbin is interesting. Especially since Nickelodeon and Netflix collaborated on several shows and movies together.

[@sombramemer1230]

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

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

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

[@TheOtherBill]

Disney fell faster and further.

[@fortynights1513]

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

[@aqilbinnoorazman365]

I fucking hate disney paramount and warner

[@greenmanjph]

Viacom ruined their channels in many ways. One way in particular is putting way too many commercials during their TV shows. I used to watch old shows on TV land, but stopped after they started putting 7 minutes of commercials after 3 minutes of the show. Then they started chopping up the shows and even speeding them up a little to add more commercials. I didn't notice the speeding up at first, but then I heard an actor who normally had a low gruff voice sound like he was helium. I can't and don't watch any of their channels anymore, not even in the background while I'm doing stuff.

[@thedecidueyeguy9146]

Eric Cartman is pretty much the ceo of Viacom lol!

[@VVilde36]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@mascan7905]

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.

[@prettypic444]

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

[@Xeonerable]

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.

[@metallikat05]

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.

[@thevvitch7585]

Pearl clutching at its finest

[@JustJulyo]

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

[@thelaylistchannel1376]

Yes, you certainly are. You creep.

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

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!...

[@roboelectrooverlord6346]

Sheri Redstone ownes National Amusement the company that ownes Viacom

[@dwood78part23]

& she's running the company into the ground.

[@ki5aok]

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

[@jhoughjr1]

Publicly traded companies are anti competitive

[@carljosephfriedrich8919]

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

[@bjkarana]

Every shareholder knows of Sheri. 🤬

[@aidensarrazin8001]

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]

Dan Schneider, not Hentschel.

[@aidensarrazin8001]

@@marknemeth267I realized that now just got them mixed up

[@jagboy69]

The entertainment industry is full of very evil people!

[@SSoto_21]

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

[@COMPFUNK2]

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

[@eric7843]

Wardrobe malfunction is a horrible reason to hate a company

[@ArtieArchives]

Lol agreed, fuck the FCC

[@dominiclowe3640]

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

[@LogoAttitude]

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 KZbin.

[@LogoAttitude]

Paramount Global has also earned criticism from fans of The Loud House franchise for cancelling spin-off The Casagrandes after only 3 seasons while continuing to give SpongeBob, which premiered 20 years before, more seasons, a criticism that is most vocal from TLH fans that aren't fans of SpongeBob. Not helping is that every single time TLH has been nominated for a Kids Choice Award, it has been beaten by SpongeBob. This year, the KCAs are being hosted by SpongeBob and Patrick on the show's 25th anniversary, and TLH beating SpongeBob at the KCAs would be perfect revenge for the cancellation of The Casagrandes, upstaging what is supposed to be Nick's kingpin on the show's big night.

[@Coolboy725]

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]

When they kicked out Jark?

[@cdvideodump]

*inflation intensifies*

[@lainiwakura1776]

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

[@SlapstickGenius23]

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

[@kittymelody-9]

And HE OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO WATCH MORE VISUAL VENTURE. Visual Venture is dead-straight underrated, and he always makes sure his sources are up-to-date. He made a video dedicated to DeviantArt’s controversy, and another video mentioning a BIG POINT on Viacom- Quiet on Set. Do I need say more about Quiet on Set? It speaks for itself.

[@thenewwaysmusic]

Viacom is also well known for providing anyone working in the HQ and rather low salary compared to other media companies but then giving their top on air talents and execs, salaries and bonuses which do not reflect the results of their work nor the actual position.

[@ronin7997]

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

[@fusetunes]

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

[@neoream3606]

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

[@turbinatearc7478]

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!

[@planescaped]

"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.

[@eksortso]

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]

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.

[@tac185]

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]

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

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

The Viacom voice used to scare me... It was quite 1984. "Viacom" in a booming voice 😬

[@datguyyo]

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.

[@agentned8852]

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

[@dwood78part23]

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]

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.

[@SomeNerdSomewhere]

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.

[@drfalcon4102]

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

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

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

[@fireflyfox93]

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

[@TristanSamuel]

I see Eric Cartman on the thumbnail, I click.

[@mjrodriguez8670]

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

[@ckfinke7625]

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

[@thedecidueyeguy9146]

You do one on Warner Bros. Discovery.

[@fromthehaven94]

Talk about opening a can of worms.

[@daveotuwa5596]

8:08 He's the celebrity who went from Paris to Los Angeles to lead the multitude to the beach amid the closing ceremonies.

[@JSLR4K]

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.

[@FSAPOJake]

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 KZbin Poopers and threatened the genre.

[@pghrpg4065]

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

[@craigbrowning9448]

The first time I saw a Viacom logo was on a return of "I Love Lucy."

[@TheWorldFromJ2Z]

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

[@Jonathanest90s]

Warner Bros wants a word with you.

[@brawnbenson552]

Comcast is BIGGER! 😂

[@WarioSaysSo]

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.

[@gamertoon8230]

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

[@communism-is-tits]

Foot fetish 😢

[@mbdg6810]

Is that on the Nickelodeon video itself??

[@glassowlie]

@@mbdg6810 No.

[@stickynorth]

@@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...

[@stickynorth]

Tell me about it... Breezily ignoring child abuse because it doesn't fit your narrative is both censorship and shitty journalism... I'd know, I spent 5 years earning a degree in it...

[@silentclyde]

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

[@app103]

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.

[@JunkPhuJP]

It’s what they did to Nick that we got what happened to our boy/girl “Avatar”. Look how massacred this show. “Korra” could have been a contender. But instead they forced the show runners to produce it one season at a time, with no idea if they were getting renewed. Then they took it off air and kept it online on for being too “edgy”.

[@nathanielenochs1843]

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

[@ObsessedCollector]

I once chatted with the CEO of Viacom in an open forum years ago. I asked why they stopped doing videos on MTV. He replied: "It didn't generate the ad revenue like in the past" and "Thr younger generation preferred Beavis and Butthead and The Real World" So they leaned towards that.

[@companyman114]

Very interesting.

[@van3158]

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.

[@alanfike]

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.

[@brpetzn]

Discovery is also catching up now that they own WB.

[@RiVer-Parish]

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😢.

[@TheMimic12]

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.

[@PurpleSilk]

Viacom is a powerhouse. And I don’t mean that in an admirable way. What bothers me is when one awards show is on the cable channels, then all of them have it on. TvLand viewers might not want to see the BET Awards. And the cross channel advertising on cable channels annoys me. Like, I’m seeing MTV adverts on other Viacom based cable channels far too often. They want EVERYTHING. I’m also mad about all the shows they pulled from syndicated runs to move to the streaming app. Only a few shows I like can be found.

[@mechajay3358]

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.

[@LovelyTekki]

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 KZbin and some of their channels though.

[@LogoAttitude]

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.

[@justbuggin67]

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

[@0fficechair]

I hope you have a nice day!

[@XtoriezNovel]

The government breaks apart companies so they won't have competitors for power. I'd like to see the government monopoly break apart!

[@nicholasmiller6144]

They dragged Neopets down lol

[@SlabbyMess]

Haven’t seen that name in forever

[@jacobconcannon4677]

its ironic they tried to sue youtube when south park has a website with every episode available

[@drsysop]

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

[@lpnp9477]

Is anyone still upset about Janet's nipple? I can understand soccer moms at the time being upset but the kids from then who have become adults probably were never offended and the adults from then hopefully would laugh about it now rather than holding a 20+ year grudge over anatomy.

[@ebonimom6964]

I LOVED Neopets. I recently gained access to my old account. Some of my guild members were still active. I had that account when I was 12/13. I'm 32 now 😂

[@VVilde36]

The new plot (first in 7 years) started this week! don't miss it, It looks like the prize pool is pretty good!

[@anthonybertone2336]

To be honest, I didn’t know about most of the stuff you talked about but CBS is always been my favorite channel. They seem to have the best movies still my favorite. I love Paramount. It’s on my TV right now.

[@ckfinke7625]

I guess you love the Paramount name more than Viacom?

[@terryL1961]

Really enjoy everything you put out. You do your homework and present it as unbiased as possible. I check all the time for new content. Companies and the what,where,who and why has always been an interest to me. Great work. I hope you don’t get burned out. I’m sure there is a lot more content to explore out there. Your work helps lazy people me, enables us to just sit back and enjoy the “fruits of your labor”. Lol TY

[@KDBetter]

I knew Viacom was one of the big 4 or 5 conglomerates in media, specifically tv - yet I had no clue they were now Paramount. I first learned of them through a college course back in like 2013 and I remember what I learned leaving a bad taste in my mouth at the time. Way too much power/control

[@CircleVGamer]

So you could say that acquisition in 1994 was very paramount to their company. I’ll see myself out now.

[@ckfinke7625]

And eventually, things happened. Viacom bought CBS and Infinity Broadcasting, then Viacom and CBS split in 2006, only they reunited in 2019 to form ViacomCBS...and eventually, that's how they became Paramount.

[@lpnp9477]

I hate viacom broadly for their copyright trolling and CBS specifically for having the worst programming of any broadcast network, the sole exception being Late Late with Craig Ferguson which he doesn't even do anymore.

[@waddupjd]

If Viacom takes this down, its canon!

[@WeedShaggy]

The MeatCanyon clause 😂

[@pierrechampagne5687]

South Park made MTV which made FOX MURDOCH EMPIRE

[@flippy6553]

Thanks for including Howard Stern ✌🏻

[@radudeATL]

Hon, a new Company Man video just dropped.