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Published in TZ Latest News 3 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Sumner Redstone resigns as CBS executive chairman

Shares of CBS were up 4.6 percent in after-hours market trading, while those of Viacom Inc (VIAB.O), where Redstone is also chairman, rose 7.9 percent. Viacom’s board is scheduled to meet on Thursday, a company spokesman said, most likely to decide a successor to Redstone. CBS said Redstone would be replaced by Leslie Moonves, its president and chief executive since 2006.