Circuit City’s CEO, possibly the last guy left who might have known how to install HDTV , stepped down yesterday. Philip J. Schoonover’s efforts to turn around the troubled electronics retailer, which included firing a bunch of long-time employees and replacing them with lower-paid workers without benefits, didn’t work out. What with the worsening economy and all, it just didn’t seem like a good time to be a CEO.

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