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- NBC's Silverman Getting Contract Extention; Hearst Still Looking For New CEO
- With the near-daily flow of media industry layoffs, two big execs may get to keep their jobs, at least for a while longer. Although NBC's broadcast ratings have been in the tank for some time, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker is inclined to extend Ben Silverman's contract...
- External links 2008-12-12
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- Ben Silverman Out, Gaspin In at NBCU Is News Only If You Weren't Paying Attention
- You shouldn't have exactly fallen out of your chair this morning upon the news that NBC Universal Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman was leaving the job. The network has dropped so far in the ratings that a changing of the guard was all but inevitable. As The New York Times' Brian...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- YouTube's Content Head Jordan Hoffner Leaving To Join Ben Silverman's New Venture
- Jordan Hoffner, the head of content partnerships for YouTube, is leaving the company, and joining Ben Silverman’s new content venture at IAC (NSDQ: IACI), we have learned. The move from YoutTube was announced internally today. This is the second senior digital exec to join Silverman’s venture, after we first...
- External links 2009-11-03
- Ad Buyers on NBC: Wait 'Til Next Year; Exec Shift Should Not Affect This Upfront.(News)(National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC Entertainment's Ben Silverman)
- Byline: Jon Lafayette NBC's new creative chief, Ben Silverman, inherits a fall lineup that television advertising buyers say won't turn the network around overnight. The real test for Mr. Silverman, they say, will come next fall. The fourth-rated network, which lost...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- Silverman Setting New NBC Agenda; Co-Chairman Looks to Turn Around Fourth-Place Network.(News)(National Broadcasting Company Inc. NBC Entertainment's Ben Silverman)(Interview)
- Byline: James Hibberd One NBC staffer calls her new boss "the rock star.'' Producer Ben Silverman, with his flair for exuberant salesmanship and half-buttoned shirts, took the TV industry by storm last week in a whirlwind of executive upheaval at NBC. ...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- Ben Silverman on Charlie Rose: We're Regulated, Hence Better Online
- Ben Silverman was on Charlie Rose show last night, and talked about, in big part, shows like SNL and 30 Rock, and NBCU's and TV networks' digital future. On digital, he has some polite words about YouTube, vis-a-vis Hulu, but ultimately disses it when asked about its advertising potential:...
- External links 2008-11-18
- NBC, Combs get cooking.(National Broadcasting Company Inc. contracts with Sean Combs and Ben Silverman for their television program 'Celebrity Cooking Showdown')
- Sean "Diddy" Combs and Ben Silverman are in the kitchen together for "Celebrity Cooking Showdown," a five-night reality miniseries being fast-tracked by NBC for an April debut. Blending elements of Food Network's "Iron Chef America" and ABC's "Dancing With the Stars,"...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- It was 'now or never' for Silverman at NBC
- NBC completed a major executive shake-up Tuesday that will see its programming chief exit after three years. The network and its studio arm will now be run by two chiefs. NBC dumped entertainment president Kevin Reilly and named West Coast president Marc Graboff and Ben Silverman,...
- Research articles 2007-05-30
- Is Silverman in a cave?
- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The new co-chairman of NBC Entertainment doesn't really live in a cave; he sometimes just pretends he does. Ben Silverman has hired Isaiah Washington to appear in at least five episodes of the upcoming remake of "Bionic Woman," and he acted oblivious about why...
- Research articles 2007-07-18
- Adages - Relocating the office: Ben misplaces his product.(News)(backdrop for his new television seriel, journalists win awards)
- Byline: Richard Linnett Ben Silverman, the irrepressible Hollywood producer and macher behind the NBC product-placement showcase "The Restaurant,'' may be a little out of his element in his next endeavor. NBC and his production company Reveille are now developing a U.S. version of...
- Research articles 2004-01-19
- SILVERMAN ON THE BENEFITS OF BEING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE; And why you'll see an updated version of 'Knight Rider' but not 'B.J. and the Bear'.(The Upfront)(Interview)
- Byline: BRIAN STEINBERG The hard sell of the upfront marketplace is typically the realm of the ad-sales executives, who guide the nitty-gritty of the negotiations behind the scenes after the entertainment presidents do the soft sell by putting on a show. This year, however,...
- Research articles 2008-05-12
- Industry Moves: Buckley Joins Silverman At IAC
- Drew Buckley has left Terry Semel’s Windsor Media to work as a senior executive with Ben Silverman, paidContent has learned and confirmed with IAC (NSDQ: IACI). An IAC spokeswoman said details would be forthcoming. by Staci D. Kramer
- External links 2009-10-05
- Weinberg Sounds NBC Wake-Up Call (Broadcasting and Cable)
- Teri Weinberg was sitting in her office at Reveille Productions one day last month when her boss, Ben Silverman, walked in and shut the door. Having known each other for years, the two often talked business before moving on to other matters, both pe Teri...
- Research articles 2007-06-25
- He said what?
- Ben Silverman has got to be the dumbest man in television. That's pretty harsh, and I hesitated before writing that. But given the comments the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment made a few days ago, it's an inescapable conclusion. Talking to Ryan Seacrest on "E! News Daily,"...
- Research articles 2008-01-17
- Murdoch's Daughter Buys Reveille (Broadcasting and Cable)
- U.K.-based producer Shine has acquired Reveille, the production company founded by NBC Co-Chairman of Entertainment Ben Silverman. Shine is owned by News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch's daughter, Elisabeth, who founded the firm in 2001. The new company's distribution arm will be rebranded as Shine...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- His aim: Help NBC dodge 'an iceberg'
- BEVERLY HILLS -- New NBC Entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman greeted TV critics here Monday like a whirlwind, using rapid patter to promise swift change. "I want to do it fast and furious," said Silverman, who replaced network chief Kevin Reilly in late May. "It's really hard...
- Research articles 2007-07-17
- McPherson has Reilly's back
- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly -- abruptly fired by NBC and replaced by Ben Silverman -- tried to downplay what his former employers had done. Reilly's good buddy Steve McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment, was less circumspect. He called it like most of us...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- NBC hurting for new ideas
- It's sort of tempting to blame NBC's latest foray into reality programming on the ongoing writers' strike, but the network has been plotting "American Gladiators"' return to the air since last spring. So it's just a sign of how devoid of original ideas the people running the network...
- Research articles 2007-12-04
- NBC plays mind game.(National Broadcasting Company )
- Ben Silverman, exec producer of "Ugly Betty" and "The Office," is assuming a new "Identity" for NBC. Peacock is fast-tracking production on a Silverman-produced quizzer to be hosted by Penn Jillette. NBC will roll out "Identity," which it's calling "the ultimate...
- Research articles 2006-11-21
- 'Stupid' finds its wits: Farrellys to refashion BBC laffer for NBC.
- The Farrelly brothers are taking another stab at TV, partnering with scribe Wil Calhoun ("Friends") and producer Ben Silverman ("Ugly Betty") to adapt the BBC skein "I'm With Stupid?" NBC has given a put pilot commitment to the project, which would...
- Research articles 2006-10-23
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