Last week’s News Corp. executive shakeup left the TV business stunned, with folks both inside and outside Fox scrambling to figure out what it all means. Most network ousters happen in slow motion. Word leaks out that an executive is on shaky ground, underlings are sometimes sacrificed first—and then...
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Tis the season for year-end columns—and all the cliches that come with them. Including, apparently, lead sentences that begin with “‘tis the season.” Lists, of course, are always a staple of columns this time of year. Coming up with New Year’s resolutions for public figures also is popular with scribes...
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