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Macrovision: Reality Check in Store for New 'TV Guide' Owner

Jeff, you should learn the technology and the space better before writing such a silly article. Of course TV-Guide magazine is useless without a listing, but listings are already available from Gemstar and Tribune Media Service. Heck, a TiVo or a cable set-top box is pretty useless without a listing. But guess what... they all get listings from Gemstar and TMS. So TV-Guide magazine can exist as a stand-alone entity by "renting" this service as others do. But here's the real deal... what does a guy like Crystal have to gain by saying anything nice about this? Nothing. Amoroso is getting rid of him. So what does he have to gain be speaking negatively about the deal? A lot. He'll get a better deal for his new boss, and hopefully (for him) get to keep his job (which... with a title like president, probably comes with a pretty fat salary). Good thing Amoroso didn't "botch the sale" like you botched this article.