'Star Trek' licensing helps lifts CBS earnings

(Reuters) - CBS Corp , owner of the most-watched U.S. television network, on Thursday posted a 27.4 percent rise in quarterly profit that beat expectations as licensing revenue from its new "Star Trek" series offset slower advertising sales. Shares of the media company were nearly flat at $54.20 in extended trading. The company, which owns cable channel Showtime, radio stations and publishing house Simon & Schuster, said net income rose to $423 million, or 93 cents per share, in the second q