In the media world, a day of departures and layoffs

Big day for big media on Friday. Both CNN and NBC announced the departures of their respective top executives, Jon Klein, the president at CNN, and Jeff Zucker, the chief executive at NBC Universal. Both men indicated their departures were involuntary, reports The Christian Science Monitor . Zucker called the decision “gut-wrenching” and “incredibly emotional,” while Klein told  New York magazine: “People get shot in our business. I got shot.” Also on Friday,…

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