NEWS & NOTES : SALHANY QUITS UPN CEO POST `TO BE ON THE SIDELINES ROOTING'.Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer The only president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. the United Paramount Network has ever known bid farewell to her affiliates on Tuesday. Lucie Salhany Lucie Salhany (born 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American media executive most known for being the first female to ever head a broadcast television network. , who has been at the helm of the fledgling network since its inception three years ago, recently resigned from her post, effective September. She is starting a company called JH Media (named after her two sons, Jake and Hal), and will join the operating committee of UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation . ``This network is No. 5, and it will continue to grow,'' an emotional Salhany said, ``and I'm going to be on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. rooting.'' Salhany was presented a decorative Tiffany clock from the owners of the affiliated stations. Salhany came up to accept the gift and again was choked up, ``I made everyone promise that there wouldn't be anything today, because I feel like I'm dying.'' A member of the audience yelled, ``We love ya, Luc,'' as she left the stage. Meet the new Borg: Actress Jeri Ryan Jeri Lynn Ryan (born February 22, 1968) is an American actress who came to fame as the ex-Borg Seven of Nine on . Biography Childhood Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmerman in 1968 in Munich, Germany, to American parents; she has one older brother, Mark. will join the cast of ``Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. : Voyager'' next season. She will play a young, female Borg named Seven of Nine. `` Seven of Nine was a human assimilated by the Borg as a young girl,'' said series creator and executive producer Rick Berman, ``but once Capt. Janeway severs her connections to the Collective, she is forced to remain on Voyager and adapt to human society.'' This is not Ryan's entrance into the world of sci-fi. She was a series regular on NBC's failed drama ``Dark Skies,'' as well. Her other credits include guest-starring roles on ``Melrose Place,'' ``Murder, She Wrote,'' ``Matlock'' and ``Diagnosis Murder.'' Ryan also has appeared in made-for-TV movies ``Nightmare in Columbia County'' and ``In the Line of Fire: Ambush in Waco.'' |
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