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Variety: The radical changes the entertainment business has undergone as a result of new technology and expanding world markets was exemplified to CBS chief Les Moonves by one fact: In a recent reporting period, he saw that 40% of  his company’s earnings came from sources that did not exist five years ago, he said. Moonves added that sources such as Netflix, Amazon, expanded international markets, retransmission consent fees and a new paid subscription service, CBS All Access, had augmented what was once an advertising-dominated medium.