Sam haskell
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In 1997 he was named Executive Vice President and a member of the WMA Board of Directors, and, in 1999, he was appointed to the esteemed position of Worldwide Head of Television. In 1990, he became the Agency’s youngest Senior Vice-President, and in 1994, was elevated to the position of West Coast Head of Television.
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Originally from Amory, Mississippi (population 7000) and a 1977 graduate of the University of Mississippi, Haskell’s career began in the Fall of 1978 when he moved to Los Angeles and fought his way into the renowned William Morris Agency mailroom, about which David Rensin wrote extensively in his 2003 bestseller "The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up." By May 1980, Haskell was promoted to agent in the TV Variety Department where he packaged specials starring Lily Tomlin, Lynda Carter, Debbie Allen, David Frost and Diana Ross. Haskell earned his ranking among the industry’s best through his 27-year career at the renowned William Morris Agency where he was one of the most powerful agents and dealmakers in the business. The Board of Directors took the allegations very seriously, investigated them and considers the matter closed." It also said Friedman was fired but did not say when.In 2007 Television Week Magazine named Sam Haskell, III “One of the 25 Most Innovative and Influential People in Television of the Last 25 Years,” an honor he shared with Ted Turner, Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey, Walter Cronkite and other television legends. The organization said it "does not condone the use of inappropriate language and apologizes for this situation. Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images for Point Foundation file bahahaha." Mallory Hagan attends Point Honors Gala on Apin New York City.
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"I'd already changed 'Forevers' to 'C****,'" Friedman replied, referring to an offensive term for a female body part. Please change all script copy to reflect that they are Former Miss Americas!" Haskell wrote, according to HuffPost. "I have decided that when referring to a woman who was once Miss America, we are no longer going to call them Forever Miss Americas. Among the purported messages made public include one in which Haskell wrote to Friedman about a script change for the TV broadcast.
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The emails obtained date to 20, and have not yet been verified by NBC News. The statement did not say if he had apologized to the women mentioned by name in the emails, or whether such an apology was conveyed to them. In its own statement Thursday night to The Associated Press, the Miss America Organization said that Haskell, who earns $500,000 a year as CEO and was on the board since 2005, had apologized to the board for his comments.
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"Shortly thereafter, we resigned our board positions and notified MAO that we were terminating our relationship with them." "We were appalled by their unacceptable content and insisted, in the strongest possible terms, that the Miss America Organization (MAO) board of directors conduct a comprehensive investigation and take appropriate action to address the situation," the production company said. The production company said it was first made aware of portions of the emails "several months ago." The emails were alarming enough that Dick Clark Productions announced Thursday it was no longer producing the Miss America pageant, which was founded in 1921 and is typically held around Labor Day in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Haskell in a statement Friday evening called the article a "vicious story on me in the Huffington Post" and claimed it involved "a series of conveniently edited emails" and that "the events are not as described."