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NEW YORK In the wake of a guerilla marketing campaign that resulted in a Boston terrorism scare and a $2 million fine, Cartoon Network chief Jim Samples on Friday tendered his resignation, effective immediately.
In a note to Turner colleagues, the Cartoon Network evp, general manager said that his role in last week’s marketing blitz for Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie left him “compelled to step down … in recognition of the gravity of the situation that occurred under my watch.”
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