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...President Niles Trammell had a job of explaining to do. In recent months, CBS had charmed away five of his top attractions (Jack Benny, Amos 'n' Andy, Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra, Edgar Bergen), beat him to a big sixth (Bing Crosby). NBC had lost talent to Columbia before, but never in such great clumps. The network's 164 affiliated stations were uneasy and fidgety...
Before he left, there was a final flurry of victorious communiques. Item: Frank Sinatra and Edgar Bergen had joined the talented throng (e.g., Amos 'n' Andy, Jack Benny, Red Skelton) that had deserted NBC for Paley's CBS. Item: Prudential Insurance Co. had lent CBS $5,000,000 to add muscle to the network's already long...
...more scalps dangled from CBS' belt this week when NBC's Red Skelton signed with the younger network. In an earlier foray CBS's William S. Paley, operating as a one man task force, captured ABC's Bing Crosby...
With all the sedate modesty of a skilled campaigner, Paley described his victory as "rather casual and ordinary." Negotiations with Bing, he said, had taken about three weeks and everything else about the deal is a "trade secret." Crosby and Skelton are expected to make the move to CBS this fall...
...dangling the juicy bait of tax savings before other NBC stars, soon made off with Jack Benny. Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen, Phil Harris, Fibber McGee & Molly, and Red Skelton were reported planning to join the exodus to CBS. This week the tax collector cut the gossip short. He had bad news for radio stars who would like to revise contracts...