Jones, Salzman form QDE: Time Warner to bankroll network, cable, syndication, magazine and other projects. (Quincy Jones, David Salzman; Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1993 by Coe, Steve

Time Warner to bankroll network, cable, syndication, magazine and other projects

Quincy Jones and David Salzman have merged their companies to form Quincy Jones * David Salzman Entertainment (QDE). The co-venture with Time Warner Entertainment will encompass programing for present and future technologies, motion pictures, network, cable and syndicated television. Other areas of involvement include magazine publishing, live entertainment, direct-response marketing and cross-media projects for home entertainment and educational uses.

Salzman said the idea for the co-venture came about while the two producers were working on the now-defunct Jesse Jackson Show. "Although the show came and went, our relationship remained. After a number of...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works.