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Marc Graboff on Updating 'Idol,' How He'd Help NBC and Paying
'Friends' Cast With Private Planes (Q&A)   Marc Graboff had a
front-row seat for negotiations that brought Survivor to CBS,
kept the Friends cast on NBC and moved Jay Leno from 11:35 p.m.
to 10 p.m. (and back). Now, one of TV's most respected
dealmakers is leading Core Media Group, best known as the parent
company of Fox's American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance.
In his nearly 2-year-old role as president, Graboff, 57,
oversees about 500 employees globally, plus a varied -- and
expanding -- portfolio of businesses ranging from a music
management company (19 Entertainment) to a production company
(Doomsday Preppers' Sharp Entertainment) to publicity rights for
Muhammad Ali and Elvis Presley. (Those brands represent 20
percent of Core's business, but he reveals he is seeking a
strategic buyer as the company hones its focus on content.)  For
Graboff, the first employee in the CAA