Smith Leaves Dick Clark Productions for MCA

Arthur Smith is leaving Dick Clark Productions to become senior vice president at MCA Television Group.

Smith had been senior vice president at Clark’s production company, which he joined in 1990. Smith is expected to work on program development and production as well as developing pay-per-view events for Universal Pay Television.

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