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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

    Kim Masters is joined by Michael Schneider, Executive Editor of TV Guide Magazine to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

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    By Kim Masters • Aug 15, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kim Masters is joined by Michael Schneider, Executive Editor of TV Guide Magazine to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

    - Fox chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden name David Madden as president of entertainment for the network.

    - Upfront ad dollars are down both in broadcast and cable networks for the first time since 2009.

    - Amazon goes to battle again, this time against Disney.

    The full episode

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    Neal Baer on Coming Out Mid-Career; Saving Scarecrow Video
    1. 0:50Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 6:56Neal Baer
    3. 25:04The Scarecrow Project
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Neal Baer on Coming Out Mid-Career; Saving Scarecrow Video
    1. 0:50Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 6:56Neal Baer
    3. 25:04The Scarecrow Project
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