Dan Cooper
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| Born |
April 28, 1946 Brooklyn, New York |
| Status | Divorced |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Founder & Chairman of 4 LLC, Executive Director, Executive Producer, Author |
| Known for | Fox News, 20/20 |
| Spouse(s) | Gina Pia Bandini (1990-2004) |
| Website | http://www.dancooper.tv |
Dan Cooper (born April 28, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is a media entrepreneur, author and founder of 4 LLC, a New York media content development company, was one of the five architects of Fox News and a senior member of the original 20/20 staff. He is also the author of two books, Naked Launch and The Making of The Thorn Birds, a story of the making of the 1983 ABC-broadcast miniseries, The Thorn Birds.
Cooper's career began in the early 1970s at WCBS-TV, where he was writer and producer of Channel 2 News From The Newsroom, the first ever daily newscast to be aired from a working newsroom. During his time there, he worked with many prominent names including John Stossel, Linda Ellerbee, Lynn Sherr, Dave Marash, Rolland Smith, Pia Lindstrom and Joel Siegel among many others.
He resigned from WCBS-TV in 1976, after stating that he no longer liked the direction the program was heading in and was asked to join WABC-TV, where he was Assistant News Director of Eyewitness News for the next year. Here, Cooper received an Emmy for Outstanding News Coverage for mounting television's first newscast anchored live from the location of a breaking story.
It was during this time that Cooper also produced and directed the first music videos made for Warner Bros. Records, including videos for Rod Stewart, Seals and Crofts and Little Feat with Lowell George.
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