Viacom-CBS Re-Merger ‘Decidedly Likely’ Within Two Years

Deadline: Analyst Barton Crockett of B. Riley FBR is maintaining his “buy” rating on Viacom’s stock. Crockett said his main reason for endorsing the stock and predicting an upswing in its price is “a high probability of a merger of Viacom and CBS within two years.” To Crockett, a merger is “decidedly likely … given past explorations and a media environment that increasingly seems to favor scale in content production and online presence.”