{
  "id": 10971795,
  "title": "Former CW Bosses Dawn Ostroff and Mark Pedowitz Look Back at the Network’s First 20 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/former-cw-bosses-dawn-ostroff-and-mark-pedowitz-look-back-at-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cw-bosses-dawn-ostroff-mark-pedowitz-look-back-20-years-1236880544/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When Warner Bros. and CBS announced the merger of the WB and UPN on the morning of Jan. 24, 2006, the industry was shocked. There had been no rumblings that it might happen, as the two sides behind the deal somehow managed to keep it a secret. “Even then there weren’t many surprises that you […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}