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Jamie Kellner is an

TNT, and Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2003. He was the chairman of station ownership group ACME Communications
, a post held from the company's founding until its folding in 2016.

Early life and education

Kellner was born to an Irish Catholic family in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island,[1] New York.

Career

After college he participated in the CBS Executive Training Program and after

Viacom. In 1978, he accepted a job as executive of Filmways, a film and television producer and distributor.[2]

In 1982, after Filmways was taken over by

Cagney and Lacey.[2] In 1986, he was the first executive hired by Rupert Murdoch and Barry Diller to develop a fourth television network to compete with the big three. At Fox, he was charged with building the affiliate network, selling programming to advertisers, and the establishment of relations with program producers.[2]

Fox Broadcasting Company

Kellner was present at the creation of the

fourth network.[3]

WB Television Network

Kellner then spent seven years at the helm of the

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Dawson's Creek, Felicity and Charmed
all premiered during Kellner's presidency.

Head of Turner Broadcasting System

Kellner was made head of

AOL Time Warner wanting nothing to do with the product further (desiring to move in a different direction), Kellner canceled all WCW programming on TBS and TNT. This left WCW without a television contract, and hastened its eventual purchase of assets by WWF chairman Vince McMahon
.

In the book The Death of WCW by Bryan Alvarez and RD Reynolds, Kellner is listed as the official "killer" of WCW, insofar as he made the official call to remove it from Turner Networks.[5] In the book NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW by Guy Evans, it is said that a key condition in WCW's purchase deal with Fusient Media Ventures was that Fusient wanted control over time slots on TNT and TBS networks, regardless of whether these slots would show WCW programming or not. This influenced Kellner's decision to ultimately cancel WCW programming. WCW's losses were then written-off via purchase accounting; according to Evans: "in the post-merger environment, the new conglomerate was able to 'write down' money losing operations, essentially eliminating those losses because of their irrelevancy moving forward."[6]

Personal life

Kellner and his wife, Julie, have one child, and he also has a daughter from his previous marriage.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lieberman, Allyson (March 7, 2001). "KELLNER IS WELL-SUITED FOR NEW JOB". New York Post. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9781419608353
    .
  3. ^ a b Lippman, John (1993-01-05). "President of Fox TV Resigning : Networks: Lucie Salhany, Twentieth Television chairman, may succeed Jamie Kellner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  4. ^ "Revisiting The Failed Fusient Media/WCW Deal from 2000". RSEN Report. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  5. ^ "The Death of WCW: Truth, Lies, and Everything in Between". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  6. ISBN 978-0692139172
    .

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