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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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Sarnoff withheld the final episode from the cast during most of production, in part because she hadn’t finalized the ending yet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Because there were so many novels, the first of which published in 1990, Sarnoff wanted to find a way to encapsulate the 1990s timelines from the early books alongside the more contemporary ones.

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