ANTIC Interview 80 - Marty Payson, Office of the President, Warner
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Marty Payson, Warner, Office of the President
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\\nHi, everyone, and welcome to another in the long-standing series of interviews being published for Antic, the Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast. \\xa0I\\u2019m Randy Kindig and this interview is a follow-up to the recent interview that we published with Manny Gerard of Warner Communications, the company that bought Atari in 1976. \\xa0This time the interview is with Marty Payson, also of Warner Communications. \\xa0Marty began with Warner in 1970, became executive vice president and general counsel in 1982, and in 1987 became a member of the Office of the President for Warner. \\xa0He was with Warner during the Atari days, up to 1984 when it was sold to the Tramiels, and was still involved with Atari for some time after that, as you will hear. \\xa0Marty was not as intimately involved with Atari as was Manny Gerard, but nonetheless I hope you find his perspective from the Warner side interesting.
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\\nThis interview was conducted on August 17, 2015.
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\\nTeaser Quotes
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\\n\\u201cThe problem with it was, it was uncontrolled growth. \\xa0And, I\\u2019m not pointing a finger at either Atari or Warner. \\xa0I think it was a combination of both.\\u201d
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\\n\\u201cIt began a point that Warner was going to have to take control of Atari. \\xa0It was out of control.\\u201d
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\\nLinks
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\\n1987 Los Angeles Times Article on the Appointment of Marty to the Warner Office of the President
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