Berman, Braun Team for Production Venture

LOS ANGELES, January 30: Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun, two
former network TV executives who were most recently seen at Paramount and
Yahoo!, respectively, are teaming to launch a new venture targeted to producing
TV, film and online content, the New York Times reported today.

Berman left her job as the president of entertainment at FOX
in March 2005 to become president of Paramount Pictures, a post she left this
month after just 18 months at the studio. Braun was forced out as the chairman
of the ABC Entertainment Group in 2004 as part of management overhaul at the
network. He subsequently joined Yahoo! to head up the online company’s media
and entertainment group. Braun left Yahoo! at the end of last year.

According to the New York Times, the new venture is expected to be called Berman-Braun
Productions. No details of the partnership have been announced.