Producer Silverman in, Reilly out at NBC Uni

May 30, 2007 Ben Silverman, whose production company, Reveille, has established an impressive track record in primetime, including "Office" and ABC's "Ugly Betty," on Tuesday was officially installed as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio alongside Marc Graboff, ending days of speculation that also pointed to the departure of NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly. Sources disclosed that Silverman had been considering an offer from media mogul Barry Diller of IAC/InteractiveCorp, who was considering substantially increasing his already significant stake in Reveille -- perhaps all of it. Other sources suggested that NBC Uni wanted to buy Reveille outright but did not get interest from Diller, who is said to have chafed at how he was handled during the NBC-Universal merger in 2003.

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