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dflprincess

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7. Rather & Donaldson had the advantage of working for the networks

Reply to AJT (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 09:15 PM

Oct 2019

when the news departments were separate from the entertainment division and not expected to make a profit. Plus, for most of their careers the CBS, NBC, and ABC were not owned by larger compaines (G.E., Disney, etc) setting the news divisions up for confilicts of interest.

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