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    The Business

    Hollywood news banter

    As fall TV begins, numbers are down, and there’s executive turnover at the top of every broadcast network .

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    By Kim Masters • Sep 28, 2018 • 1 min read

    • As fall TV begins, numbers are down, and there’s executive turnover at the top of every broadcast network.

    • When Disney tried to acquire Fox the first time, Comcast jumped in and pushed up the price of the deal. Now, Comcast has beat out Fox for the British broadcaster Sky, which Fox desperately wanted to control.

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    3. 17:16Quincy Jones and Alan Hicks on ‘Quincy’
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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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      Matt Belloni

      Founding partner of Puck News and regular contributor to KCRW’s The Business

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Musician and producer Quincy Jones & filmmaker Alan Hicks on 'Quincy'
    1. 1:22Hollywood news banterYou’re reading this
    2. 6:25Keach Hagey on her new book, ‘The King of Content’
    3. 17:16Quincy Jones and Alan Hicks on ‘Quincy’
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