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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Hallmark faces a year of scandals. First, one of their marquee stars gets charged with committing fraud to get her daughters admitted to an elite college. Then, in the midst of their Countdown to Christmas programming, the channel’s decision to pull an ad featuring two brides generates massive backlash. Hallmark ekes out a ratings win, but the cracks in its dominance are starting to show.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars, add free on Amazon music.
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0:07.0	It's March 13th, 2019, in a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
0:22.3	actress Laurie Lofflin sits expressionless as she waits for her arrangement hearing.
0:27.6	She doesn't want to give the reporters crowding the benches anything to write about except
0:32.2	the facts.
0:33.9	Lofflin rose to fame, playing Aunt Becky on the hit 90 sitcom Full House.
0:39.3	More recently, she's been closely associated with the Hallmark channel.
0:42.9	Over the past seven years, she starred on their western set show When Calls the Heart,
0:48.8	as well as several of their Christmas movies.
0:51.8	All respectable roles.
0:54.6	The judge reviews his notes.
0:57.5	Next up, we have United States versus Laurie Lofflin.
1:01.0	Lofflin, her lawyer, Mark Harris, and the prosecutor all rise.
1:05.8	As Lofflin, you are charged with conspiracy to commit male fraud.
1:09.4	Do you understand the charges against you?
1:12.0	Yes, your honor.
1:13.8	The previous morning, federal agents announced charges against 50 parents for committing
1:18.1	fraud to get their children admitted to elite universities.
1:21.9	Lofflin and her husband are accused of paying half a million dollars to fixers as part
1:26.2	of a scheme to get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California.
1:30.8	The judge looks Lofflin in the eyes.
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