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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.
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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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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing's top shareholder is now Michael Ferro, majority owner of Sun-Times — Michael Ferro. — Michael Ferro, majority owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, has become the largest shareholder in Chicago-based Tribune Publishing, parent company of the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other major daily newspapers.
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Condé Nast fined £10K for contempt of court over British GQ article by Michael Wolff that risked prejudicing Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson phone-hacking trial — GQ publisher fined for contempt of court over Rebekah Brooks article — Condé Nast ordered to pay £10,000 …
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Pew Research Center:
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 …
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Nieman Lab, TVNewser, The Huffington Post and Politico
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times Q4: $52M net income, up 48% YoY; $445M revenue; digital ad revenue up 11% to $70M — New York Times Co. Reports $52 Million Quarterly Profit — Buoyed by strong digital growth and cost savings, The New York Times Company reported on Thursday an increase in quarterly profit …
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David Segal / New York Times:
Playboy's redesigned first issue without frontal nudity still has pictures and interviews, but photos of naked women are strategically concealed and unretouched — Playboy Puts on (Some) Clothes for Newly Redesigned Issue — What is Playboy without naked women?
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CNNMoney, Digiday, The Daily Beast, The Verge, ELLE, @independent, Tech Insider, NPR, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, The Drum, The Next Web, Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
Liam La Guerre / Commercial Observer:
Al Jazeera Pays Boston Properties $45M For Midtown Lease Termination — Fleeing the American media market comes at a price. And for Al Jazeera America, which had leased offices at 250 West 55th Street, that price is $45 million. — The media company paid the sum as a termination fee …
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The New York Observer and The Real Deal New York
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast and Hearst form joint venture PubWorx to oversee circulation, procurement, and print production — Condé Nast, Hearst Form Joint Venture for Print Magazines' Back-Office Operations — PubWorx LLC will oversee circulation, procurement and production of print titles
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Ellen Rosenbush returns to Harper's as interim editor after firing of Christopher Cox — Rosenbush named interim editor at Harper's — She's ba-ack. — Ellen Rosenbush, the former editor-in-chief of Harper's magazine, has returned to lead the monthly on an interim basis after Christopher Cox …
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FishbowlNY
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.
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@tylercoates, @petersterne and @petersterne
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN simulcasting next week's PBS Democratic debate — CNN is going to simulcast the Democratic presidential primary debate that PBS is holding next week in Wisconsin. — “PBS NewsHour” co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will moderate the debate on February 11 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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@brianstelter and @nicholsuprising
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