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The Town with Matthew Belloni
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The Decline of Linear TV
When Mayer was running direct to consumer, he actually got rid of a lot of the strategy group. Tom Stagg's gone. And so I think that probably plays part of the role and year of looking to people that have helped him in the past. He overspent by a few tens of billions on the Fox acquisition. Well, he was forced to by Comcast, which kept running it up. But look, Kevin was instrumental in Lucas Marvel Pixar. Those transformed the Walt Disney company. Now he's being asked essentially to consult on making the company smaller.
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