Media leadership nears changing of the guard

by David Lieberman in USA Today:

"Some of the top executives who shaped business and popular culture in the past 20 years or so as they built entertainment behemoths are preparing to move on. The ripples are likely to alter everything from corporate customs to the movies, TV shows, music, publications and technologies that the companies promote.

"There will be changes at these companies," says NBC Universal CEO Bob Wright, who got his job with the company in 1985 after General Electric bought the TV network. "The exciting part about the media business is that things can happen quickly, because you're not dependent on bricks and mortar."