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11:20 AM ET, February 4, 2016

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Leslie Moonves Named CBS Chairman, Replacing Sumner Redstone  —  Leslie Moonves will become chairman of CBS Corp., a move that investors may interpret as an effort to solidify the management of the company given questions about the health of its executive chairman, Sumner Redstone, who also holds the same position at Viacom.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom Names CEO Philippe Dauman Executive Chairman  —  Viacom on Thursday named a new chairman to replace Sumner Redstone: president and CEO Philippe Dauman.  —  The news from the conglomerate, whose assets include MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures, came Thursday after a board meeting that started around 10 a.m. ET.
Journalism.org:
Pew: 35% of 18 to 29-year-olds say social media is most helpful source for election information, cable news named top by 30+ year-olds  —  The 2016 Presidential Campaign - a News Event That's Hard to Miss  —  About nine-in-ten Americans learn about the election in a given week …
Discussion: Nieman Lab and Politico
Sage Lazzaro / The New York Observer:
‘Serial’ Producers Put Season 2 On Hold to Dive Back Into Adnan Syed's Case  —  Serial producers Sarah Koenig and Dana Chivvis have been hard at work on the podcast's second season.  They've actually been doing so much reporting on the case of Bowe Bergdhal that they're now releasing new episodes only every other week.
Discussion: @petersterne and @petersterne
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Cameron and Osborne meetings with media bosses have returned to pre-Leveson level  —  David Cameron and George Osborne are now meeting journalism industry bosses as frequently as before the hacking scandal broke in July 2011, research by Press Gazette suggests.
Discussion: Jon Slattery, Guardian and The Times
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
How media dealt with Juan Thompson's retracted story: editors' notes at Daily News and The Root, deletion at Daily Mail and Alternet, no change at New York Post  —  How the media dealt with The Intercept's retracted story on Dylann Roof's ‘cousin’  —  Yesterday brought the stunning news …
Jeremy B. Merrill / New York Times:
Wikipedia political editing fights heat up: Cruz's birthplace, Bush's family struggles and education policy, and images for Bush, Fiorina and Trump  —  On Wikipedia, Donald Trump Reigns and Facts Are Open to Debate  —  For a website with no paid writing staff that is still overcoming …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Sources: Amazon plans more physical stores, including retail stores that aren't bookstores, but has no immediate plans for 300-400 stores  —  Meet the Guy Behind Amazon's Secret Retail Store Plans  —  The man behind the Kindle is leading Amazon's project to create the retail stores of the future.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
NFL refuses to buy the only known recording of Super Bowl I, yet forbids the owner from selling it  —  Out of a Rare Super Bowl I Recording, a Clash With the N.F.L. Unspools  —  MANTEO, N.C. — Troy Haupt is a 47-year-old nurse anesthetist here in North Carolina's Outer Banks.
 
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Four albums made with the help of Kickstarter campaigns are up for Grammy Awards as crowdfunding becomes standard for musicians
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube Red to launch its first original programming, three films and a series, on February 10
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg Business:
ESPN Teams Up With Tencent to Offer Sports Online in China
Discussion: ESPN MediaZone