"We absolutely dispute the notion that our contributions have anything to do with currying favor with Commissioner Clayburn or any honoree. Such claims are insulting and not supported by any evidence."
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- Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice on Comcast's financial support of a dinner honoring one of the federal regulators who will rule on their controversial merger with Time Warner.
"He arrived in our lives as an alien - but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. "
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- President Obama in a statement about the death of comedian Robin Williams.
"Gordon thought he was a James Bond kind of figure when actually he wasn't quite up to the Maxwell Smart level."
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- Former White House Counsel John Dean speaking about G. Gordon Liddy, convicted Watergate burglar. Mr. Dean was being interviewed for DICK CAVETT'S WATERGATE airing on PBS.
"On behalf of our board and senior management team, I am writing to inform you that we are withdrawing our offer to acquire Time Warner, effective immediately.
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- Rupert Murdoch, Fox Chairman, in an email yesterday to Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO Time Warner.
"We are creating two companies that will be among the largest and strongest in their peer groups, with increased abilities to focus resources on the most promising areas of their businesses."
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- Gracia Martore, president and chief executive officer of Gannett, in today's announcement of its plan to create two publicly traded companies: one exclusively focused on Broadcasting and Digital businesses; one on its Publishing business.
"Like breaking news, live sports events only happen once. And from a production and delivery standpoint, there is no second chance, no rewind button."
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- Matt Smith, Chief Evangelist, Anvato in this week's Cynsiders column: Sports...And How They Feed the Needy, Greedy, Second Screen Beast.
"During the World Cup, we delivered the kind of events experience that I’ve wanted to see from us for some time."
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- Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief executive, during a conference call yesterday discussing second quarter results with analysts. The results far exceeded expectations; Twitter shares rose about 29 percent in after-hours trading.
"I got all my Sarah Palin I need for one lifetime."
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- Fellow republican Meghan McCain, daughter of Palin’s former running mate, John McCain, talking about Palin's new online channel.
"Is it just me, or does it all look a bit like the ‘win Simon Cowell’s lifestyle’ clips they run as competitions on The X Factor? "
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- UK Telegraph film critic Robbie Collins writing about the 50 SHADES OF GREY film trailer, which he found to be as sexy as week-old meat loaf.
"Given the current situation and after careful consideration, we are relocating the production of DIG partly to Albuquerque and are continuing to explore other locations."
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- From a statement by Universal Cable Productions regarding their decision to pull production from Israel.
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