Tribune Co. suspends executive over racy e-mail - BusinessWeek

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Tribune Co. is suspending a top executive without pay over an inappropriate e-mail sent to staff.

In a memo to employees Wednesday, CEO Randy Michaels says Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams is being suspended while the company investigates an e-mail message he sent staff Monday that contained links to raunchy video clips. Radio industry veteran Abrams was appointed to the position in 2008 and put in charge of print, broadcast and online innovation.

Michaels is stopping short of saying whether Abrams could lose his job, but he is calling the e-mail a "serious mistake that can't be tolerated."

The suspension is one more headache for Tribune, owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other media properties, as it struggles to emerge from bankruptcy protection after nearly two years.

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Qualcomm Suspends Sales Of Mobile Video Devices - Wall Street Journal

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said Tuesday it would suspend sales of devices that run on its mobile broadcast video service, taking the first steps toward scuttling its entire project and freeing up some valuable wireless spectrum for sale.

The San Diego wireless chip manufacturer said that customers of its FLO TV service would continue to receive programming into Spring 2011. The company also said that it expects layoffs related to the suspension, and brought up the prospect that the service would be discontinued altogether.

FLO TV service, a form of broadcast TV ...

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