In the "Major Media Outlets in the United States Owned by Weapon's Manufacturers" File: Westinghouse,
one of the leading manufacturers of nuclear weapons and nuclear power
plants, acquired television and radio stations throughout the U.S. throughout
the 1990s, including the television
network CBS Inc. in 1995 and Infinity Broadcasting Corp. in 1996.
After selling its defense electronics unit to Northrop Grumman Corp.
in 1996, the company changed its name to CBS Corp. in 1997 and sold
its nuclear operations to British Nuclear Fuels PLC in 1998. CBS was
purchased by media conglomerate Viacom Inc. in 1999 and renamed CBS
Television Network.
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