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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 it any wonder a movie that makes only $50 million is considered a flop?

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It's a big-money edition of The Business. In a world where video-sharing site YouTubesells 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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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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