Kmart no-show. (Station Break).(WXYZ-TV Detroit reporter Steve Wilson investigates Kmart's executives)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable,  March, 2002  by Trigoboff, Dan

Tags: breakfast, Fox, K Mart, media

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When corporate-turnaround specialist and new Kmart Chairman James Adamson didn't show up for a press breakfast that was planned well in advance and attended by about 30 members of the local and national media, WXYZ-TV Detroit reporter Steve Wilson sat down and ate breakfast anyway, then interviewed Adamson's empty chair for his story.

Local media suggested that Adamson's unexplained absence might have been partially due to Wilson's three-parter on how the bankrupt company was still spending big bucks on bonuses and corporate travel. "Most of the media ...

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