Fox LA Bios

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Doug Herzog

President, Entertainment

Fox Broadcasting Co.

Age: 40

Time Spent in L.A.: 90%

In a word, hip having programmed cable’s Comedy Central for years with irreverent shows like “South Park,” “The Daily Show” and “Viva Variety” Jury still out on his ability to program for a broad-based network with mass appeal… Gifted as a producer Worked at CNN and “Entertainment Tonight,” demonstrating an ability to tell a story, write, edit and work in the field First hot show is “Action,” a snappy satire about Hollywood for fall schedule.

Prior to working for Comedy Central, was executive vice president for programming and production at MTV, where he developed “Real World,” “Road Rules” and “Remote Control” Also worked on raunchy MTV movie and video awards program… Graduate of Emerson College Joined MTV as director of music news in 1984 Quickly rose through ranks in news and specials programming Considered clever, innovative.

Larry Jacobson

President

Fox Television

Business head of Fox TV network Oversees network distribution, finance, research, operations and business development Harvard grad… Duties also include Fox TV stations, Twentieth Television (Fox’s production arm) and Fox cable businesses Joined Fox Inc. in 1990 as vice president of finance, initiating his rise at the network.

Prior to Fox, worked in financial department at Weintraub Entertainment, and headed motion picture division Worked at Columbia Pictures from 1985-87 as manager of pay cable and home entertainment division Has strong grasp of changing world of TV and cable economics.

David Hill

Chairman

Fox Sports Television Group

Age: 52

Time Spent in L.A.: 80%

Considered smartest network sports executive Brilliant at production, risk taker, high marks for leadership, sound grasp of the international impact and growth of sports programming Only head of network sports based in Los Angeles Runs Fox’s NFL and Major League Baseball programming Also in charge of Fox’s expanding global sports empire.

Former chairman of Fox Broadcasting, where he ran all aspects of the Fox entertainment division Native of Australia Sits on NFL Europe League’s board Helped launch Sky Television, Britain’s first satellite TV platform Created FoxTrax (computer-enhanced hockey puck for National Hockey League coverage), FoxBox (constant on-screen score and clock graphics) and “Catcher-Cam” for Fox baseball broadcasts.

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