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Times<\/a> while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/ind-column\/kavanaughs-takeover-plot-thickens-mgm_5321\" target=\"_blank\">The Wrap<\/a> looks at a possible takeover while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118007435.html?categoryid=13&#038;cs=1\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> looks at Hollywood&#8217;s reaction and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekfreepress.com\/2009\/08\/19\/do-mgms\u2019s-changes-affect-\u2018the-hobbit\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek FreePress<\/a> examines what it might mean for &#8220;The Hobbit,&#8221; calling this change the possible dragon for the film.<br \/>\nKristin Thompson also weighed in with two seperate blog posts found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristinthompson.net\/blog\/?p=828\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristinthompson.net\/blog\/?p=833\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf anybody in our spy network has any further info of what this might mean, please send us word at SpyMaster@TheOneRing.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News is all over the place today about changes at the top of MGM, one of the studios&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,4,496,498],"tags":[508,357,221],"class_list":["post-33181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","category-hobbit-movie","category-production","category-production-studios","tag-harry-sloan","tag-mgm","tag-the-hobbit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News is all over the place today about changes at the top of MGM, one of the studios co-financing and co-producing &quot;The Hobbit.&quot; There are lots of stories that tackle the business side of things. 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