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USA Cinemas’ top executive, A. Alan Friedberg, has been named senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Loews Theatre Management Corp, the movie theater subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Entertainment. Friedberg’s appointment was anticipated as part of Loews’ acquisition of Boston-based USA Cinemas for $165 million. The two companies said the deal was completed on Tuesday. With 625 screens, the combined theater circuits form the nation’s sixth-largest movie theater company.