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Mr. Wright has been a director of the Company since May 2007. Currently Mr. Wright serves as the vice chairman of the board an executive officer and a member of the Corporate Executive Office of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Mr. Wright joined NBC as president and chief executive officer in 1986 and was made chairman and CEO of the network in June 2001. He then served as chairman and chief executive officer of NBC Universal one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies from May 2004 to February 6 2007 and continued to serve as chairman of the NBC Universal board of directors until May 1 2007. Prior to his association with NBC and NBC Universal Wright served as president of General Electric Financial Services and before that as president of Cox Cable Communications. Mr. Wright is on the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and the Museum of Television and Radio and serves on the board of directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Corporation the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and the New York Center for Autism. He is also on the board of governors of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a member of the Society of New York Hospital Inc. Along with his wife Suzanne Mr. Wright serves as co-founder of Autism Speaks a foundation dedicated to raising public awareness and research funds for autism. | 