CBS Consumer Products Takes Over ‘CSI’ Franchise

CBS Consumer Products will assume control of all international licensing rights for the “CSI” franchise, effective immediately, with the closing of a 2007 agreement with GS Capital Partners, a private equity fund managed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. GS Capital Partners had previously purchased Alliance Atlantis’s financial interest in the property—including international licensing rights—and will remain 50/50 partners with CBS in the franchise.