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8:05 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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Reuters:
Investors expect Sumner Redstone to step down as Viacom chair when board meets Thursday; daughter wants “independent voice” as chair, not CEO Philippe Dauman  —  Redstone seen resigning as Viacom chair after stepping down at CBS  —  Viacom's board appears poised to replace Sumner Redstone …
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.
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 …
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.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Justin Kan to restart his lifecasting channel, Justin.tv as a Snapchat channel  —  Live Streaming Pioneer Justin Kan to Relaunch Justin.tv On Snapchat  —  Justin.tv is about to make a comeback... as a Snapchat channel: Justin Kan, founder of the pioneering live streaming site Justin.tv …
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 …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Hale Global says AOL's Patch is now profitable, with 70 full-time editors, 900+ community-specific sites, serving regional and national advertisers  —  Patch Rebounds After Split From AOL  —  ‘Hyperlocal’ media service enjoys traffic boost and profits after ‘hard reset’
Discussion: @wsjcmo and FishbowlNY
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  —  Kickstarter as a Path to Grammy Nominations, Far Beyond the Indie Scene  —  Three years ago, the Nashville Symphony was in austerity mode as it recovered …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Torrents Time lets anyone launch their own web version of Popcorn Time  —  Popcorn Time, an app for streaming video torrents, just got a new web version: Popcorn Time Online.  Unlike other attempts to bring Popcorn Time into the browser, this one is powered by a tool called Torrents Time …
Sonia Paul / MediaShift:
Q&A with Tow Center's Vanessa Quirk on podcasts as digital journalism, mobile-first, and difficulties of creating profit  —  Tow Center's Vanessa Quirk: Podcasts Not All About Profit  —  At the end of last year, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism released its “Guide to Podcasting …
 
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