Can an African-born CEO Save Imus?

Will Citadel Broadcasting Communications CEO Farid Suleman bring back Don Imus from the radio graveyard? Ironically, after getting kicked off terrestrial radio for racially insensitive remarks aimed at African-Americans, Suleman, an African-born American, may be the one who resurrects Don Imus’ career. According to Post writer Peter Lauria, Suleman learned the profitability of ”rebel radio” from radio legend Mel Karmazin, who, in his day, took a chance on Imus and a then-radioactive Howard Stern.

According to Lauria’s

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