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He was promoted to president and CEO of CBS Television in 1998\u00a0and became its chairman in 2003. He was later named co-president and co-COO of Viacom and chairman of CBS in 2004. In 2006, Moonves was named president and CEO of the newly formed CBS Corporation when it became a stand-alone, publicly traded company. 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