Cartoon Network CEO Resigns Over Aqua Teen Scare

DesertBlade writes "Jim Samples, CEO of Cartoon Network, has resigned over the bomb scare prompted by the Aqua Teen marketing campaign. Turner (CN's parent company) ended up paying over 2 million in restitution to the city of Boston, and a man with a thirteen year record at the company has lost his job. Though many people have been citing this as 'the ultimate successful advertising campaign', there have obviously been real consequences from the incident." By virtue of the consequences of the campaign, was this now officially a bad idea? Or is your opinion that this is all far too much knee-jerking? Have your say in the comments.

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Does this mean?

[ChromeAeonium]

If he's resigning, a new CEO of Cartoon Network must be in the works. Admit it, everyone just wonders if Ranma ½ is going to show on Adult Swim? Really, the whole 'Run for your lives! That Lightbright's a killer!' thing is sad, but I'm wondering how a change of CEOs will affect the network itself. I hope whoever comes in next won't give the anime the kiddie down treatment. At any rate, after all this commotion the ATHF movie better not suck.

Re:Most overblown story ever

[Breakfast Pants]

Are you an idiot? What's your max recursion depth anyway? Isn't it obvious? BAN WINTER.

Re:Buck Stops At The Top

[ArcherB]

I want every man woman and child to understand how close we are to chaos! I want everyone to remember why they need us!"

Says the guy who pushes them into chaos. Isn't that kind of like causing a volcano to erupt just toprove that global warming is real? Maybe it's like knocking a building down to prove that it's not earthquake proof. How about removing a smoker's lungs to show him that smoking is dangerous.