不过业界广泛认为这是雷石东的最后努力。这次分割让维亚康姆保留有线电视网络和电影制片厂，而广播业务则剥离出来组建新的哥伦比亚广播电视公司(CBS)。

But the split, in which Viacom kept the cable networks and film studios while the broadcasting businesses were spun off as CBS, was widely seen as Mr Redstone's last hurrah.

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面对如今经济衰退的形势，纽约的一家大型传媒公司维亚康姆采取了一种极不寻常的应对方式：开通新的电视频道。

VIACOM, a media conglomerate based in New York, has an unusual response to the downturn: it is launching a television channel.

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维亚康姆是MTV的母公司，但在社交网站新块领域已被远远甩在后面。有传闻说维亚康姆曾考虑收购Bebo，但询价之后就没了后文。

Having fallen behind in this new area, Viacom is said to have considered buying Bebo, but balked at the asking price.

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