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Date: January 16, 1990 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page Number: E/1 Word Count: 451
LOS ANGELES - Never mind Garbo. Sagansky speaks.
Jeff Sagansky that is, who was appointed president of CBS Entertainment on Dec. 18 to replace Kim LeMasters.
He has not said a word to the press since he took the job about how he plans to resuscitate the third-place network, a task that is referred to within the TV community as difficult to impossible.
Mr. Sagansky finally talked to TV critics Monday night at the Hollywood restaurant Morton's, and his prescription for what