Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...merge by the growing global consolidation in the communications business and by the many foreign acquisitions of American companies. In recent years, West Germany's Bertelsmann bought RCA Records and the Doubleday and Bantam Books publishing houses; Britain's Robert Maxwell took over Macmillan publishers; Japan's Sony acquired CBS Records; and Australian-born Murdoch (now a U.S. citizen) accumulated newspapers, magazines, a movie studio and a TV network. Said Time's Munro: "We see Maxwell, Murdoch, Bertelsmann and Sony coming into our market and raising hell, and we see this ((merger)) as an opportunity for an American company...
MANDY PATINKIN: MANDY PATINKIN (CBS). The Broadway (Sunday in the Park with George) and movie (Alien Nation) actor lets fly with a fearlessly melodramatic song cycle chosen from sources as various as Stephen Sondheim and Al Jolson. Some of the tunes are a bit florid, but the best (like Anyone Can Whistle) have a delicacy that lingers...
...stay up until 3 a.m. on a Thursday morning to watch Washington State Tech take on Iowa Southern State Community College in the first round of the Western Regionals. Live, right here on CBS...
...start to like Brent Musberger. Right here on CBS...
Could it possibly be the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals? CBS can't wait to see the ratings on this one. (Personally, I'd rather watch public television. Or old "Gilligan's Island" reunion movies...