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It seems all but certain that 2014 will be remembered as the year of the Sony hack.

But there were other big stories, too, the downfall of a TV comedy icon,

tragedy on the set of Midnight Rider,

the changing television model,

and, of course, the growing cloud of China

in the movie business.

It's a mega news banter year in review

this week on the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by two of my banter buddies,

Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter

and Michael Schneider of TV Guide magazine.

Hello.

Hello.

Hey, Kim.

All right.

So it has been quite a year.

As we record, the biggest story of this year and possibly several years, possibly the decade, I don't know, going back to what, is obviously the Sony hack. So as we record, the federal government is identifying the hackers as agents of North Korea. The White House is describing this as a security issue. The movie has been withdrawn.

I don't know what will have happened between now and airtime, but I think it's fair to say,

at this point, Matt, wouldn't you agree? This is one of the most stunning debacles in recent

Hollywood history. Yeah, I can't think of anything that rises to the level of international

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