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A Surprise Adviser for Comcast Bid: Peter Chernin

Oct. 19, 2009
Peter Chernin, the former News Corporation president, is advising Comcast in its bid to acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal, according to executives briefed on the matter.
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Peter Liguori will run Fox Entertainment

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Chernin won't replace Disney's Eisner

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic