New Viacom Has New Treasurer

George (Toby) Nelson has been appointed senior vice president and treasurer for the new Viacom following the separation of Viacom Inc. into two publicly traded companies.

Nelson is currently VP and assistant treasurer at Viacom.

The new Viacom will include the company’s cable assets (MTV Networks and Black Entertainment Television), Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment and Famous Music.

CBS Corp. will include the CBS broadcast network, the UPN broadcast network, Infinity Broadcasting Corp., Viacom Outdoor, Viacom Television Stations Group, Paramount Television, King World Productions, Simon & Schuster Inc., Showtime Networks Inc. and ParamountParks.