Universal chairwoman Stacey Snider is almost certainly going to take “a significant pay cut” to run the Paramount-based DreamWorks, with a task of overseeing four to six films instead of the sixteen to eighteen she watches over at Universal each year. And she’ll be able to spend more time with her two daughters… great. But who really cares about this development, outside of those whose jobs and movies will be affected? A nice woman is going to switch jobs…big deal.
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