May 14, 2010
Via Federal Express and Edgar Transmission
Mr. Larry Spirgel
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street NE
Washington, DC 20549
Phone: 202-551-3810
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Re:
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CBS Corporation
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Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
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Filed February 25, 2010
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File No. 001-09553
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Dear Mr. Spirgel:
On behalf of CBS Corporation (“CBS” or the “Company”), and in connection with the letter dated May 14, 2010 and addressed to your attention from Stephen T. Giove of Shearman & Sterling LLP, which sets forth our responses to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) received in your letter dated April 13, 2010 concerning the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
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the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;
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Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and
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the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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If you have any questions concerning the matters referred to in this letter, please call the undersigned at (212) 975-8830.
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Sincerely,
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/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello
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Joseph R. Ianniello
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Executive Vice President and
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Chief Financial Officer
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cc:
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Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer
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Gary L. Countryman, Chair of the Audit Committee
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Louis J. Briskman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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Thomas S. Shilen, Jr., Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
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Stefanie Kane, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Robert Conklin, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Kathryn Jacobson, Securities and Exchange Commission
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Carlos Pacho, Securities and Exchange Commission
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Jessica Plowgian, Securities and Exchange Commission
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