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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

    Kim Masters and Michael Schneider discuss top entertainment news story of the week: The Sony hack , which now is said to involve North Korea, continues to grow. After theater owners said they would not show The Interview, Sony said they would not release the movie at all. The fallout has cast a chill on the entire industry.

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    By Kim Masters • Dec 19, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kim Masters and Michael Schneider discuss top entertainment news story of the week: The Sony hack, which now is said to involve North Korea, continues to grow. After theater owners said they would not show The Interview, Sony said they would not release the movie at all. The fallout has cast a chill on the entire industry.

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      Kim Masters

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

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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