The scene switches to elderly Amos Kyne (Robert Warwick), a news media mogul, who is on his deathbed (in his office) talking to Edward Mobley (Dana Andrews), the TV anchorman for Kyne Inc. The discussion concerns what will happen to the media empire after Kyne's death; Mobley refuses the top job down more than once. Mobley informs the old man that in four minutes he is will go live on the air, and walks over to a TV set in the room and turns it on, still talking to the old man, who doesn't answer. Mobley looks back and sees Kyne slumped over dead.