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Viacom Inc. (VIA)-owned Paramount Pictures has fired its top production executive after barely 18 months in the job, Reuters reported. Paramount said Friday it would replace Paramount Film Group president John Lesher with former DreamWorks production chief Adam Goodman. Also out is production president Brad Weston. Paramount didn't cite a reason for the latest personnel shift in its statement.

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