John Sie retiring as Starz CEO.(Executives)(Starz Encore Group L.L.C.)

Multichannel News, May, 2004 by Umstead, R. Thomas

Cable pioneer John Sie said Friday he 11 retire as CEO of Starz Encore Group LLC effective June 30, amid questions about the network's long-term prospects. Starz president and COO Mark Bauman will take over as CEO on an interim basis, but will also retire when a permanent CEO is named, said network officials.

Starz president of sales and marketing Robert Clasen was named overall president and COO. Sie, who will devote about one day a week on Starz and Liberty business, initially announced his intention to retire from the company a year ago, but delayed it to see through the network's launch into subscription video-on-demand, a concept he began touting several years ago. Overall, Starz is in approximately 23 million households. "It's...

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