CEO Chris Albrecht

CEO Chris Albrecht

HBO Chief Executive Chris Albrecht got fired by corporate leaders for scandal. Recently Chris Albrecht was arrested on assault charges on his girlfriend in Las Vegas. Albrecht announced that he would take a leave of absence to deal with... [more]

HBO Chief Executive Chris Albrecht got fired by corporate leaders for scandal. Recently Chris Albrecht was arrested on assault charges on his girlfriend in Las Vegas. Albrecht announced that he would take a leave of absence to deal with the press and the legal case, but soon after making that announcement - he made another more embarassing one. Time Warner execs fired Albrecht.

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Mr Albrecht, the chairman and chief executive of Home Box Office (HBO) said on Tuesday that he was taking a leave of absence from the group, where he oversaw hits including The Sopranos and Sex in the City , to regain control of his alcoholism. Hours later, however, he made a second announcement, confirming that he had resigned “at the request of Time Warner”. Here is the latest scoop. Read Full Story
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Shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday, police officers at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas saw Albrecht fighting with his girlfriend in the valet parking area, according to Officer Bill Cassell, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. "Some of our guys observed a domestic dispute between him and his girlfriend," Cassell said. "It was a physical confrontation." Chris Albrecht was arrested and held on suspicion of domestic assault at the Clark County Detention Center. Read Full Story
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - HBO chief executive Chris Albrecht said he was taking a leave of absence to regain control of his alcoholism following a weekend assault arrest in Las Vegas. Bill Nelson, HBO chief operating officer, will take over Albrecht's duties ''pending resolution of the police incident,'' the company said.[...] Read more! Read Full Story
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According to Variety the proposed deal to put UFC fights on premium cable giant HBO appears stalled and unlikely to move forward yet again. The deal has been in various stages throughout 2007 but since the arrest of the UFC’s biggest supporter, former HBO CEO Chris Albrecht, the deal is now unlikely to happen, at [...] Read Full Story
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Less than a month ago we learned that a deal between the UFC and HBO to air events that were somewhere between fight nights and numbered events was essentially a done deal. The deal was thrown into limbo when HBO President and CEO Chris Albrecht was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in a Las [...] Read Full Story
ÉcranLarge.comCanal+ consacre une série aux "Borgia"Le FigaroL'ancien président de HBO, Chris Albrecht, ainsi que l'ex-directrice de la fiction de la chaîne câblée américaine, Anne Thomopoulos, en superviseront ...Canal+ aura ses « Tudors »ElectronLibreall 13 news articles »  
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ABC.esLuz verde para la serie sobre los BorgiaABC.es... una serie que estará producida también por el ex directivo de la HBO Chris Albrecht y Anne Thomopoulos, y de cuyo guión se encargará Tom Fontana. ...and more »  
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