Media Decoder Blog: Rich Ross, Disney Studio Chairman, Quits

By BROOKS BARNES, New York Times
Fri, 04/20/2012 - 9:46am

The move ends a two-and-a-half-year tenure that was more notable for continued misses than hits.

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