Viacom, Paramount & CBS O My, or How 3 Corps & 2 People Messed Up ST for 40+ years Part 1, Ep 0011

This is part 1 of 3 wherein I discuss how Star Trek was driven into a bad place by corporate divestures, splits and merges and by the either deliberate malice or unintended mismanagement of two men. That began in 1993 and I do not think that it will be course corrected for almost 10 to 15 more years.

Below are links to source material

Cosmic Book News - ViacomCBS Rebrands to Paramount Global
https://cosmicbook.news/viacomcbs-paramount-star-trek-transformers-more

Wikipedia Paramount Global
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Global

Wikipedia Paramount Pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures#1989%E2%80%9394:_Paramount_Communications

Wikipedia Paramount Split
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures#1951%E2%80%9366:_Split_and_after

Wikipedia Viacom Split
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures#CBS/Viacom_split

Wikipedia Viacom 1.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932006)

Wikipedia Viacom 2.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)

Forbes To Boldly Go Where All Have Gone Before
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2021/02/25/to-boldly-go-where-all-have-gone-before-viacomcbs-bets-on-star-trek-to-lanch-paramount/?sh=7f775b6463f3

Screenrant - After 13 Years of Rights Issues, Star Trek is Whole Again
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-rights-viacom-paramount-cbs-merger-explained/

The Wrap - How the Battle over Star Trek Rights Killed JJ Abrams Grand Ambitions
https://www.thewrap.com/how-web-star-trek-rights-killed-jj-abrams-grand-ambitions-91766/

Wikipedia Star Trek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek

Paramount Global Star Trek Database
https://www.startrek.com/database

Memory Alpha
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Portal:Main

Bios

Wikipedia Sumber Redstone bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Redstone

Wikipedia Shari Redstone Bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Redstone#2016%E2%80%93present

Wikipedia Les Moonves Bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves