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Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by SilasX on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:33PM (#23679896)
Yikes! Didn't know that bit about Witherspoon. From the article:

>>Staffers reportedly “seethed”[1] at Reese Witherspoon’s $6m salary ... (Witherspoon’s husband Jim Toth is the head of talent and content acquisition at the company.)

Nepotism, much?

[1] https://pagesix.com/2020/06/02/quibi-staffers-seethe-at-rees...

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Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by gnicholas on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:37PM (#23681628)
The real question is: did the husband score Reece a sweet deal, or was the husband recruited so that Quibi could snag Reece at all?
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Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by mywittyname on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:10PM (#23680399)
Hollywood being Hollywood.
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Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by SilasX on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:40PM (#23680844)
Yeah but that still seems like a severe overpayment. I mean, I get that connections will make a big difference in getting the role, but I never expected it would allow someone to get away with overpaying to such a connection.
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Re:The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival ... by blaser-waffle on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:39PM (#23681660)
Why else be the head of anything? To get yours, mang
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