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Levitt quits Comedy Central

NEW YORK – Canadian broadcasting executive Walter Levitt resigned from his position as Comedy Central’s executive vice-president and chief marketing officer on Monday.“After six years commuting between Toronto and NYC (and by my rough estimate, over 650 flights), it's time to be back in Canada,” Levitt told Cartt.ca in an email.Comedy Central is one of the jewels in the Viacom crown, but the parent company has been suffering through some serious leadership and ownership challenges and faces serious uncertainty. While all that has been going on, Comedy Central’s president Michele Ganeless left as well as her boss, Doug Herzog, who...