Feola to Head MCA Video
Louis A. Feola has been named president of MCA Home Video, succeeding Rob Blattner, who died last week in a plane crash in Grand Junction, Colo.
A native of New York, Feola was most recently executive vice president of MCA/Universal Home Video, the domestic unit of MCA Home Video. He has worked for MCA since 1978.
Blattner, 40, was killed while en route to Los Angeles after visiting a Utah film location. Also killed was unit publicist Dale Berliner, 32, and the plane’s pilot. Blattner had worked as president of MCA’s Home Video unit since 1989.
“The tragic death of Rob Blattner leaves a large void. It is a tribute to Rob’s skills as a manager that we are able to fill this position from within MCA Home Video,” said Tom Wertheimer, MCA executive vice president.
The company also announced that services for Blattner will be held at noon Monday at the Alfred Hitchcock Theater at Universal Studios.
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