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GameStop is splitting the chairman and CEO functions as part of a management reorganization, announced Friday, designed to meet the challenges of fast growth amid the video game retailer’s brand expansion into 16 countries. As part of the changes approved by the board, R. Richard Fontaine, chairman and CEO since the company’s inception in 1996, will relinquish his CEO title to the company’s operating chief, Daniel A. DeMatteo, 60, who has been the chief operating officer since 1996 and vice chairman and COO since 2004.

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Eying International Growth, GameStop Shakes Up Boardroom

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