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Article: Dick Clark means business when he talks show business. (company profile)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 27, 1987
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Dick Clark means business when he talks show business Make no mistake about it: Producing television programs is a business, and Dick Clark is a businessman.
The point bears mentioning because Dick Clark, the chairman and chief executive officer of Burbank-based dick clark productions inc., is well-known to generations of Americans as a TV host, a sometime movie star, and the master of ceremonies at countless concerts and awards shows.
In fact, the longtime star of "American Bandstand" now spends considerably more time producing TV shows than performing on them. Industry executives recognize him as a profit-oriented entrepreneur who has built a ...