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5 Things You didn't know about Ben PERVERT Sherman

Television and film industries are in a bit of a flux as of late. With Netflix using streaming technology to shake up things and make a move on the viewer base, many other television and film companies have had to respond with some rather significant and pronounced activity. One of the biggest moves has been the decision by the Walt Disney Co. to cut jobs at its ABC entertainment arm. With this decision, there have been a number of reports of contention between Ben Sherwood, the head of ABC, and other executives from Disney. Ben Sherwood is no rookie to the world of entertainment, but most of you are probably unaware of who he is, so we decided to share five facts with you that will help you familiarize yourself with the man who is left to make sense of Disney’s decision to cut as many as 300 jobs at ABC.

1. He Has Worked on the Production Side of the Spectrum

Ben Sherwood has an extensive background operating on the production side of the equation, which is one of the reasons that he was deemed qualified for an executive position. He has served as a writer, a producer, and a journalist — creating a massive foundation of experience that allows him to possess an extensive understanding of how things work. It is not currently clear how long Ben will serve as the President of Disney-ABC Television Group, but it is clear that there are some significant differences between him and his bosses at Disney.

1. He was an Associate Producer at ABC

Sherwood’s history with ABC goes quite a way back. He served as an associate producer for the television news show Primetime, which was then called Primetime Live. Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer were the original hosts of the show. During the same time that Sherwood was producing this show, he was also serving as an active journalist for ABC. In fact, he built his foundation in the industry by being willing to go into places and report on situations that many reporters refused to go into.

1. He Came Under Sniper Fire in Sarajevo

While some of you may be too young to remember the conflict in Bosnia, many of you do. If you are able to remember this, then you probably remember reports of reporters consistently coming under sniper fire in Sarajevo in August of 1992. Well, Ben Sherwood was one of the journalists who snipers were shooting at. While he was never hit, the situation did reveal just how dangerous being a journalist could be, as well as how far Sherwood was willing to go to get the story.

1. He Has Trodden the Waters of Online Commerce

While more and more Americans are testing the waters of online commerce, Ben Sherwood jumped out there a long time ago. He launched a site called TheSurvivorsClub.org, which offered a wide range of support and resources for people who were facing all types of adversity and challenges. This site still exists today, and it is dedicated to making sure that people have the resources they need to overcome almost any adversity.

1. He Comes from Money

Ben was born into a wealthy Jewish family that lived in Los Angeles, California. Both parents were well-connected in the community, and it likely that young Ben used some of those connections to advance his career at certain points. His mother, Dorothy Lipsey Romonek, was on the board of trustees for the California Institute of the Arts, and his father, Richard E. Sherwood was a prominent attorney who was viewed as a leader of the American Jewish Committee.

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Snipers opened fire today on a convoy taking Prime Minister Milan Panic of Yugoslavia into Sarajevo for peace talks, and an ABC television producer was killed in the attack.

Mr. Panic and the ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson, who were in an armored personnel carrier provided by United Nations peacekeepers, were unhurt. But the ABC News producer, David Kaplan, who was in an accompanying vehicle, was hit in the back and died at United Nations headquarters.

Mr. Kaplan, 45 years old, was not wearing a flak jacket. He is believed to be the first American killed in Sarajevo and the latest in a string of journalists to die in the civil war in former Yugoslavia. Mr. Panic, clearly distressed by Mr. Kaplan's death, told reporters: "Criminals killed him. Terrorists killed him. These are crippled people mentally."

Doctors said Mr. Kaplan had been shot in the back and died on the operating table at the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers in the besieged Bosnian capital.

New York, an ABC spokesman said that Mr. Kaplan had been hit by a bullet that severed an artery and that doctors had been unable to stop the bleeding. Mr. Kaplan was part of a "Prime Time Live" crew accompanying Mr. Donaldson to prepare a report on the fighting in Bosnia for broadcast tonight.

As a producer for ABC, Mr. Kaplan was responsible for helping to choose subjects and plan reporting trips, as well as arranging logistics for the correspondent and film crew, collaborating on what and how to film, working on the script with the correspondent, editing the segment and arranging for it to be sent to the news broadcast.

"No one knows who did the shooting," Mr. Donaldson said, speaking by telephone on the ABC program "Good Morning America." "I guess it was just a random shot."

He said Mr. Kaplan had been riding in a vehicle that did not have armor plating and that he was not wearing a flak jacket for the trip by the convoy on a stretch of road known to be a center of sniper activity. 30 Journalists Have Died

At least 30 journalists are estimated to have died in little more than a year in the former Yugoslav republics. American Embassy officials in Belgrade said they believed that Mr. Kaplan was the first American to die in Sarajevo since fighting began there four months ago.

Apparently quoting from a confidential report, Mr. Panic said, "Do you know, to kill one journalist they get paid 500 bucks?"

He said he knew of 70 snipers who had been jailed, adding: "Unfortunately, they were Serbs. I thought they were Muslims. They were Serbs."

Mr. Panic had flown into Sarajevo for talks with Bosnia's Serbian and Croatian leaders in the former Yugoslav republic. An aide told the Yugoslav news agency Tanyug that because of Mr. Kaplan's death, Mr. Panic had managed only a 20-minute phone call with the Bosnian President, Alija Izetbegovic.

The Serbian-born Mr. Panic, a self-made Los Angeles millionaire who became Prime Minister last month, said Wednesday that he would recognize Bosnian independence within its present borders and that Yugoslavia had no territorial claims upon it.

Bosnian Serbs have captured 70 percent of Bosnian territory since fighting began in April.

In Washington, the White House spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, said Mr. Kaplan, who covered the White House for several years, "was an honest, fair, talented and creative journalist."

"So his death today is a very sad and personal loss for all of us who've worked with David for the last decade in this very room, and we send our sympathies to his wife, Sally, his mother and father and to the other members of his family," Mr. Fitzwater added in a statement.

In New York, the president of ABC News, Roone Arledge, said Mr. Kaplan had "devoted his life to news and to this organization."

"David's approach to his profession was one of intense dedication to the accuracy and speed that makes a successful news producer," Mr. Arledge said. "Perhaps of equal importance, David was a man of humor and imagination, and yes, of courage."

Mr. Kaplan's body was put onto Mr. Panic's plane to be taken to Belgrade.

Last month, a Cable News Network camerawoman, Margaret Moth, was shot and severely wounded by sniper fire in Sarajevo. She is recovering after several operations at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

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I have to get some air. Then I'm coming for you, Roone Arledge!