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Showbiz veteran Merv Adelson has been retained to serve as an executive advisor and consultant to Warner Bros. Entertainment and its businesses in new media start-ups and other early development companies Barry Meyer, chairman and CEO of the studio made the announcement Thursday. Adelson’s career dates back to the 1950s, when he and business partner Irwin Molasky began working on real estate development in Las Vegas, including the city’s first major shopping mall, high-rise office building, major hospital and ABC television affiliate. Adelson was one of the founders and later chairman and CEO of Lorimar Television.

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John Ferriter, a former top TV tenpercenter at WMA, has been tapped for an exec role at sports and entertainment marketing shingle Octagon. Ferriter will serve as managing director of Octagon’s Athletes and Personalities wing with the goal of expanding the company’s actitivities in the entertainment biz. Ferriter will focus on packaging TV programs for Octagon as well as working with its athlete reps, sports and branded content teams. Ferriter spent nearly 20 years as a TV packaging agent and board member at WMA. He exited the agency following its merger last year with Endeavor.

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