“We have an awful lot of people who have a lot of experience in news,” said Mr. Tinker. In his book “Three Blind Mice” (1991), Ken Auletta described awkward encounters between Mr. Welch and Mr. Grossman, like one in which Mr. Grossman pushed for a four percent budget increase for the news division, not the five percent cut he had been told to make. After Mr. Grossman told him, “That’s what we need,” Mr. Welch reproved him, saying, as quoted by Mr. Auletta: “You guys spend more money! My kids could do better!”The next day, Mr. Welch, still angry, ordered Mr. Grossman to make the budget cut. But Mr. Grossman stayed for nearly two more years and supervised layoffs.

Source: New York Times March 23, 2018 23:47 UTC