From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

For this specific show, I just knew I could do so much with the Cuban experience.

So much of the pride I have in being Cuban and the stories that I have for my personal life, I wanted to use.

When Norman Lear decided to reboot the classic sitcom one day at a time, this time with a Latino family, he wanted a writer who could offer an authentic voice.

But even Gloria Calderon-Kellet was surprised when he picked her and let her build the show around a Cuban family.

But first on the news banter, more upheaval at Sony Pictures.

Stay tuned, it's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So, wow, this has been quite a week for Sony.

I actually started several days ago with an announcement that Michael Linton,

who is the head of Sony's entertainment operations, was out. And this is something that people

had expected for quite some time. I don't think he was regarded as the most hands-on

executive by any calculation. He presided over Sony when they made the interview,

which begat the Sony hack. The Sony hack produced lots of emails showing that he had been

actively looking for a job. Not that many people can do those things and still get promoted

and continue to be employed, but Michael Linton did do that.

Finally, he's out. He's landing very softly at Snapchat. He's going to be the chairman. They're

going to go public. He's going to make a fortune, which drives people in Hollywood crazy,

considering that he's not considered the most vigorous of executives. However, be that as it may,

this opens up the whole cauldron of what is

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