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Why Top Exec Debbie Liebling Was Pushed Out at Universal (Analysis)

4:00 AM PDT 5/3/2011 by Kim Masters

Despite the success of "Fast Five," the fired president of production is perceived by some as the "fall guy" for the studio's recent troubles.

Universal's announcement Monday of a shake-up in its motion picture department came on a peculiar day, as the studio was in the midst of celebrating a huge opening weekend for Fast Five amid an otherwise extended drought at the box office.

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