yet another cartoon resignation... movie in '08

Cartoon Network chief quits over marketing stunt: "Mark Frauenfelder:
APR says: 'Just what the headline says; the head of the Cartoon Network is resigning over the Aqua Teen Hunger Force mess.

This is insane. This guy is quitting his job (under pressure from above?) over a stupid, stupid, media-created fiasco.'

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Update:

Slate reports on the City of Boston's fuzzy math used to calculate Cartoon Network's restitution payment:

It's not exactly scientific. The attorney general calculated the number by asking for a cost estimate from each of the eight government entities that were affected by the hysteria. These included three cities—Boston, Somerville, and Cambridge—as well as the Boston's public transportation system; the Massachusetts Port Authority, Highway Department, and State Police; and the U.S. Coast Guard. The responses included some neat, round numbers (like the $200,000 billed by the state police), as well as figures that were a bit more specific (like the $13,157 request from the highway department). Together, the expenditures totaled $578,766, but the attorney general's agreement with Turner included another $421,234 in 'additional restitution funds,' divided proportionally among the claimants. That conveniently put the total value of the prank at $1 million even. (Turner's payment included another $1 million in 'goodwill' money for the Department of Homeland Security.)

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(Via Boing Boing.)