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Starz CEO Clasen to Retire

Mike Farrell

Englewood, Colo. -- Starz LLC chairman and CEO and industry veteran Robert Clasen will retire around the end of the year, the premium programmer said last week.

Clasen joined Starz in 2003 as president of sales and marketing and became CEO of Starz LLC after parent Liberty Media acquired the assets of IDT Corp. in 2006, forming Starz Media.

Under Clasen's leadership, Starz and its sister channel Encore grew subscribers by more than 20% and more than doubled cash flow. Starz also launched video-on-demand, high-definition TV and Internet video offerings, opened a movie studio ...

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