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Verbal abuse, scolding, or teasing; also, a beating. For example, At boarding school new kids always get the business , or The boxer faked and then gave his opponent the business . [ Slang ; c. 1940]
A harsh interrogation, as in The detectives gave each suspect the business . [ Slang ; c. 1940]
Dismissal from work or jilting, as in Once the new management takes over I'm sure to get the business , or Dorothy gave him the business and married someone else . [ Slang ; c. 1940]

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“We’re going through this squeezing of our ecosystem in Hollywood,” said J. Christopher Hamilton, a practicing entertainment attorney and a professor at Syracuse University who focuses on the business of media.

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“It’s a horrible time in the business from the content creation, content production standpoint,” Hamilton said.

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“Right now, there is an absolute sense of terror among people in the business that they’ll be out of a job, that the old models aren’t working, that they won’t earn what they once did,” said Galloway of Chapman.

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“These companies aren’t getting out of the business of producing great programming, movies and television,” she said.

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Gavidia walks up on the scene from the sidewalk outside the business where agents are parked.

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