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12:25 PM 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.
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.
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?
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 …
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
Discussion: WWD
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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: Guardian, The Times and Jon Slattery
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.
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 …
 
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From Techmeme:

Wall Street Journal:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, the first time in 50+ years that the FTC has issued a regulation mandating an economy-wide change

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The US OFAC sanctions four Iranian nationals over cyberattacks on the US government, defense contractors, and private companies, and the DOJ unseals indictments

Jacob Ridley / PC Gamer:
The European Parliament adopts right-to-repair rules clarifying manufacturer obligations to provide repair services, consumer access to spare parts, and more
 
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