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A New Calling: Rock musician and Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof is set to start a new career as a morning news show producer-reporter in London. Geldof and his wife, Paula Yates, were part of a consortium that topped 30 other companies to win the contract to produce a breakfast news show on Britain’s Channel 4 television network. The show, to be called “The Big Breakfast,” will be aimed at young families and will include segments in which Geldof interviews politicians and celebrities.
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