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King of the High Street risks repeat of a reality TV disaster
January 13th, 2009 | 
Author: That is the risk Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King seems prepared to take after leading his supermarket through the economic storm to record its best Christmas ever while most rivals struggled.
With King tipped to return to his old stomping ground of Marks & Spencer to replace outgoing Sir Stuart Rose as chief executive, the Channel 4 series, I’m Running Sainsbury’s, could add yet more polish to his increasingly gleaming reputation. Or it could make him look a complete fool.
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Ronnie O’ Sullivan says snooker has gone to pot
The protagonists dress as if they were auditioning for jobs as cruise ship entertainers. The atmosphere has all the excitement of a wet Wednesday in Bognor; as for the pace of the game itself – well, put it like this: a bad game on a slow day makes the average funeral procession look like the Epsom Derby.
Small wonder, then, that Ronnie O’Sullivan, the world snooker champion, believes that the sport is in desperate need of some showbusiness flair to save it from a slow death.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article5505389.ece
