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Article: Imus Radiothon Gets Funds Despite Furor
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- April 12, 2007
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NEW YORK - Don Imus flashed gallows humor and raised nearly $1 million for charity Thursday despite losing his TV platform, while outside the studio pressure grew on CBS Radio to fire him.
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson met with CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves to advocate Imus' removal, promising a rally outside CBS headquarters Saturday and an effort to persuade more advertisers to abandon Imus.
Sumner Redstone, chairman of the CBS Corp. board and its chief stockholder, told Newsweek that he expected Moonves to "do the right thing," although it wasn't clear what he thought that was.
"This may be our last Radiothon, so we need to raise about $100 million," Imus said at ...