Changing Their Spots

Three months after America Online abruptly fired the executive team of Entertainment Asylum in Culver City, three of its former leaders have decided to form a company to focus on film and TV projects.

Scott Zakarin, Troy Bolotnick and Rich Tackenberg today will announce the formation of Creative Light Entertainment in Beverly Hills, taking the trio back to their traditional media roots. Zakarin, who will serve as the company’s chairman, said their online experience--which goes back to the original Web soap opera “The Spot”--taught them how to engage audiences in any medium.

But the Internet habit is hard to break, so the new company is setting up a Web site (https://www.crlight.com) where fans will be able to follow the behind-the-scenes development of some of their projects.