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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 5, 2010

Entertainment Exec Takes Hot Seat

Entertainment executive Ben Silverman, who as a young television agent helped sell the U.S. rights for the hit game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," testified Thursday in a trial involving a $250 million dispute over profits.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - Entertainment executive Ben Silverman, who as a young television agent helped a British production company sell the U.S. rights for the hit game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," took the witness stand Thursday in a trial involving a $250 million dispute over profits between the company and the Walt Disney Co.'s television subsidiaries.

Silverman, who...

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