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BERMAN TO SCALE MOUNTAIN Wednesday, March 23 2005 
Paramount
on
Tuesday
confirmed
trade
and
Internet
rumors
that
it
is
in
final
negotiations
to
bring
on
board
Fox
Entertainment
President
Gail
Berman.
Today's
(Wednesday)
Los
Angeles
Times
said
that
she
is
expected
to
be
named
president
of
Paramount
"with
a
possible
additional
title"
under
its
new
chairman,
Brad
Grey.
In
a
statement,
the
studio
described
Berman
as
"one
of
the
most
talented
executives
in
the
entertainment
industry,
with
great
relationships,
exceptional
taste
and
an
(more)FOX SHAKEN BY BERMAN EXIT Wednesday, March 23 2005 The expected departure of Fox Broadcasting Entertainment President Gail Berman to become president of Paramount (see item in Film section) has rattled executives at Fox -- particularly because it comes less than two months before the network is to unveil its programs to advertisers for the 2005-06 season. "Heading into the upfront [season] with no network chief is a risk financially for News Corp.," David Gibson, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, New York, told today's (more) |
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Angered by the manner in which he was summarily replaced after only 14 months, Paramount President Donald DeLine is reportedly demanding a multimillion-dollar termination settlement, published reports said over the weekend. According to the Los Angeles Times, DeLine learned that his job had been offered to former Fox Entertainment chief Gail Berman from studio associates, not from newly appointed studio chief Brad Grey. The Times also quoted an unnamed studio veteran as saying that "a culture of fear" had developed at Paramount over the possibility of a substantial purge.
