Wells reups with Warners

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John Wells Productions -- producer of TV shows TheWest Wing,
ER and Third Watch -- has extended its production and development
agreement with Warner Bros. Television and Warner Bros. Pictures through June
2007, the company said.

The deal is worth $70 million, according to published reports, including
license fees JWP receives for shows on the air.

According to the deal, all of JWP's projects will remain exclusive to Warner
Bros., and JWP will get first-look rights on any feature films to come through
the studio.

Three executive vice presidents head the different divisions of JWP: Andrew
Stearn runs the television division, Laura Holstein is in charge of the
feature-film division and Ned Haspel oversees business and finance. Haspel is
also the business liaison between JWP and Warner Bros.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.