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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 29, 2010

'Millionaire' Award Grows With Interest

A judge awarded a production company that developed game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" $50 million in interest on a $270 million jury verdict.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A judge on Monday awarded a production company that developed the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" $50 million in pre-judgment interest on a jury verdict the company won earlier this year, increasing the total award to more than $319 million.

Celador International, which sold the show's North American rights to the Walt Disney Co. in 1999 for a mix of upfron...

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