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The Business

Executive Pay; $1.6 Billion for YouTube

Hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner Oct. 15, 2006 Hollywood
It's a big-money edition of The Business. In a world where video-sharing site YouTube sells for $1.6 billion and Fox President Peter Chernin is paid $43 million, is it any wonder a movie that makes only $50 million is considered a flop?

It's a big-money edition of The Business. In a world where video-sharing site YouTube sells for $1.6 billion and Fox President Peter Chernin is paid $43 million, is it any wonder a movie that makes only $50 million is considered a flop?

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Executive Pay; $1.6 Billion for YouTube

It's a big-money edition of The Business. In a world where video-sharing site YouTube sells for $1.6 billion and Fox President Peter Chernin is paid $43 million, is...

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Claude Brodesser-Akner

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