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Sarnoff

American  
[sahr-nawf, -nof] / ˈsɑr nɔf, -nɒf /

noun

  1. David, 1891–1971, U.S. businessman and broadcasting executive, born in Russia.


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That will also allow Sarnoff to adapt two books per season — Season 2 is already in production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

“In the ’90s, there was no DNA, so everything had a slower pace and a more methodical way about it,” Sarnoff says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Minnow Cerf faced down the whale David Sarnoff, head of RCA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

He got an extra 3% out of Sarnoff in part by blithely insisting that he would still leave for a long-planned vacation, incommunicado, before the deal was cinched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

NBC’s president, Robert Sarnoff, threatens to replace him with the popular bandleader Xavier Cugat.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

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