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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)PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Thursday, February 24 2005 
Viacom's
Paramount
Home
Video,
which
had
been
slow
to
enter
the
DVD
market
fearing
piracy
of
its
product,
plans
a
big
push
into
the
market
this
year
under
Paramount's
new
chief,
Brad
Grey,
the
Wall
Street
Journal
reported
today
(Thursday).
Among
its
plans
is
to
release
a
package
of
John
Wayne
movies
from
Wayne's
production
company
Batjac.
They
include
newly
restored
versions
of
the
1953
film
Island
in
the
Sky
and
1954's
The
High
and
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Given apparently unlimited resources, newly appointed Paramount chief Brad Grey has been aggressively bidding against rivals for high-profile movie projects, successfully landing some for Paramount, but also forcing other studios to pay twice what they had expected for others, the New York Times reported today (Monday). In an interview with the newspaper, media analyst Hal Vogel remarked: "It's open checkbook season where anything goes and executives are saying, 'Let's get on the map. ... It's even more symptomatic of Paramount, where for 10 years the mantra was 'Don't take any risk.' Brad Grey is reflecting that and taking advantage of his position."
