C4 chief Jackson joins Diller after long courtship

By 2001-07-23T17:25:00

Barry Diller spent a whole year trying to persuade Michael Jackson to quit Channel 4 before finally succeeding yesterday in luring the British TV boss across the Atlantic to run his cable channels, TV production arm and USA Films from both New York and Los Angeles.

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