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MGM Promotes Michael Moore to Vice President - Intellectual Property Group LOS ANGELES, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. has promoted attorney Michael Moore to Vice President - Intellectual Property Group, announced Jay Rakow, MGM senior executive vice president and general counsel. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011119/MGMLOGO ) "Michael is a dedicated and tremendously valuable member of our intellectual-property legal team," said Rakow, to whom Moore reports. "MGM pursues a vigorous program of protecting and enforcing its copyrights and trademarks, and Michael is a leader in these important efforts." MGM hired Moore in 1995 to conduct copyright research on MGM's film library. Shortly thereafter, Moore joined the Intellectual Property Group and in November, 1998 was put in charge of the group. As head of the Intellectual Property Group, Moore is responsible for protecting MGM's intellectual property assets, including the world's largest library of modern films and a trademark portfolio with some of the world's best-known properties, including the MGM Lion, United Artists, the Pink Panther and Rocky. Moore also represents MGM on several Motion Picture Association of America committees, including the Copyright Experts Working Group, the Law Committee, the Copyright Term Extension Working Group and the Digital Cinema Working Group. Moore received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California - Santa Barbara, and his Juris Doctor degree in 1995 from Southwestern University School of Law, where he was managing editor of the law journal. About MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (NYSE:MGM), through its Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. subsidiary, is actively engaged in the worldwide production and distribution of entertainment product, including motion pictures, television programming, home video, interactive media, music, and licensed merchandise. The Company owns the world's largest modern film library, comprised of about 4,000 titles. Its operating units include MGM Pictures, United Artists, MGM Television Entertainment, MGM Networks, MGM Distribution Co., MGM Worldwide Television Distribution, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM On Stage, MGM Consumer Products, MGM Music, MGM Interactive and MGM Online. In addition, MGM has ownership interests in international television channels reaching more than 100 countries on six continents. For more information, visit http://www.mgm.com/. For further information please contact: David Bloom, VP, Corporate Communications of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., +1-310-449-3660, . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011119/MGMLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. CONTACT: David Bloom, VP, Corporate Communications of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., +1-310-449-3660, Web site: http://www.mgm.com/

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