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7) As NBC president and CEO, Jeff Zucker all but fired Conan in 2010, though the two have known each other since the early '80s. Where had the two been competitors 20 years before the lights went out on “Late Night”?
Answer (highlight to reveal): As Harvard men, Zucker and O’Brien were presidents of rival publications, Zucker at “The Harvard Crimson,” and O’Brien at “The Harvard Lampoon.” Zucker was a key player in the ousting of Team Coco in early 2010, but just half a year after pushing out O’Brien, Zucker got the axe from Comcast, NBC’s new parent company, proving what many a teased high school kid has dreamed of: what goes around comes around.
