And at the time CCA took control of the UBS TV Network it was foundering with less than 7 percent of national television revenues, most network programs being sold at station rates.

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- Joseph Stalin and his merry band of Bolsheviks.

- I want ideas from you people. That is what you're paid for.

- And, by the way, the next time I send an audience research report around you'd all better read it, or I'll sack the fucking lot of you, is that clear?

- I'll be out on the coast in four weeks. Will you set up a meeting with Laureen Hobbs for me?

- Sure.

- But the business of management is management.

- And at the time CCA took control of the UBS TV Network it was foundering with less than 7 percent of national television revenues, most network programs being sold at station rates.

- I am therefore pleased to announce I am submitting to the board of directors a plan for the coordination of the main profit centers. And with the specific intention of making each division more responsive to management.

- Point one.

- The division producing the lowest rate of return has been the news division with its $98 million budget and its average annual deficit of 32 million.

- I know that, historically, news divisions are expected to lose money, but to our minds, this philosophy is a wanton fiscal affront to be resolutely resisted.

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