Transcript: A Conversation with Tina Brown

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You know Tina Brown from The New Yorker, Talk, and Vanity Fair. Now she's the host of CNBC's Topic [A] and a Washington Post columnist. Here's what she had to say about her new gigs, her old ones, and what it's like to change careers.

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Transcript: A Conversation with Tina Brown

You know Tina Brown from The New Yorker, Talk, and Vanity Fair. Now she's the host of CNBC's Topic [A] and a Washington Post columnist. Here's what she had to say about her new gigs, her old ones, and what it's like to change careers.