NEW YORK -- Roy M. Speer, the founder of Home Shopping Network and a pioneer in that industry, resigned as chairman Wednesday after months of controversy surrounding investigations of alleged business improprieties.
Speer was ousted last February as chief executive officer and prevented from running the day-to-day operations of HSN. He had been the driving force behind its growth to a $1.1 billion business in less than a decade. Robert R. Bennett, senior vice-president and chief financial officer of Liberty Media Corp. …
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