Sheri Herman, Pioneering Cable and Digital Executive With E! Entertainment, AEN, Dies at 71

By Pat Saperstein

Pat Saperstein

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Sheri Herman, a cable and digital media pioneer who helped launch E! Entertainment TV, died of heart failure Aug. 6 in Florida. She was 71.

Born in Philadelphia, Herman graduated Temple University and started out at the Madison Avenue ad agency AC&R. After working as a commercials producer, she joined The Entertainment Channel and then became director of programming at United Cable, where she negotiated major carriage agreements between numerous cable channels.

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