Company Town : ICM, Oracle Chiefs to Head State Info-Tech Council
Two familiar names from the converging entertainment-technology world have been named to head Gov. Pete Wilson’s Information Technology Council--International Creative Management Chairman Jeffrey Berg and Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison.
The council will work to ensure that California takes advantage of opportunities arising from the information revolution in areas ranging from education to the economy, Wilson said in a statement.
Other entertainment and technology representatives on the 27-member council include Enrique Baray, senior vice president of Univision; Ronald Fortune, president of Viacom Inc.’s Computer Curriculum Corp., and Eddy W. Hartenstein, president of DirecTV Inc.
The council also includes Curtis Hessler, Times Mirror Co. executive vice president; Spencer Kaitz, president of the California Cable Television Assn.; Robert Kavner, a senior executive at Creative Artists Agency; Alan Kay, a fellow at Apple Computer; Gary Matus, executive vice president of Bank of America; Marc Porat, chairman of General Magic; Phil Quigley, chairman of Pacific Telesis, and Maggie Wilderotter, senior vice president of McGraw Cellular Communications Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox announced the resignation of Andrea Jaffe. Jaffe has served as president of domestic marketing since 1992. There was no reason given for the split.
Producer John Davis has signed a three-year, first-look deal at Fox. He has also hired David Friendly as the company’s president.
Leslie Hinton has been named executive vice president for strategic development at Fox Television.
Tim Sarnoff is the new senior vice president of animation production management at Warner Bros. Animation.
Wayne Lepoff has been named chief executive of Genesis Entertainment.
Barry J. Stoddard and Theodore R. Lau have left Group W Productions to form MediaPoll, an entertainment research firm.
TriStar Pictures has named Ben Cosgrove manager of creative affairs, Andrea Giannetti a reader and Nate Hopper a creative executive.
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