CBS Corp.‘s (NYSE: CBS) purchase of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks for $1.8 billion comes amid a lot of change and drama at both companies from CNET’s draw-out proxy fight with the consortium led by hedge fund Jana Partners to CBS with its slipping stock price and interactive push. The links below cover the recent history and today’s news, including our breaking news of the deal itself by Joseph Weisenthal, an exclusive interview with CBS CEO Les Moonves by Staci D. Kramer and initial analysis by Rafat Ali; we also have live blogging of the conference call heralding the acquisition.

—BREAKING: CBS Acquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion; 44.6 Percent Premium
—CBS-CNET: Interview: Leslie Moonves, CEO, CBS: ‘Right Opportunity, Right Time, Right Price’
—First Take: CNET: The Brand Everyone Wanted To Buy, But Didn’t Really
—Earnings: CBS Q1 Revs Flat; Net Income Up 14 Percent
—CNET Q1 Revs Up 3 Percent, But Shy Of Estimates; Yahoo Deal: $100 Million In Revs Over Three Years
—CBS Interactive’s Quincy Smith On Re-Org: ‘More CBS Corp. Firepower Focused On Interactive’
—CBS Interactive Reorganizes Under Pressure To Show Results
—CBS Interactive Opening Menlo Park Office; Big Acquisition Needed?
—CNET’s Proxy Fight Update: Court Upholds Jana’s Right To Nominate Board
—Updated: Jana Offers CNET Plan: Slams Management; Wants More Social Media; Settlement Rejected
—Update: CBS And CNN In Talks—Again—To Combine News Operations: Report; CBS Denies
—Updated: CBS Interactive Trims Staff, Cuts At CBS.com, CBSNews.com

Much more at both our CBS and our CNET channels.