Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Universal Entertainment, announced today that he is leaving the company to start up a new venture with media mogul Barry Diller and IAC.

According to CNNMoney, “the company will unite producers, creators, advertisers and distributors under one roof and produce all forms of content for distribution across a variety of platforms around the world.”

In response to questions about his continued relationship with NBC, Silverman said, “I am invested in what happens in the fall, and they are invested in my helping with the transition.”

Silverman is executive producer of “The Office” and “Ugly Betty,” co-creator and executive producer of “The Biggest Loser,” and executive producer and co-creator of the “The Tudors” on Showtime.

Despite his work for the network, Twitterers say they are not sorry to see Silverman go:

1. 
   FlyingHubcap Ben ‘I’m-a-Jackass’ Silverman retires from NBC. I’m sure the “nerdy, ugly, mean” writers will miss the dearly. http://tinyurl.com/nq49ng
2. 
   covermyscript so, now that ben silverman is gone, does that mean we won’t be watching knockoff american versions of favorite english shows?
3. 
   vdovault I had forgotten how yummy sparkling apple cider is toasting the door hitting Ben Silverman’s ignorant a*s as it thwacks him on his way out
4. 
   shshshaina Ben Silverman is out and NBC is free to be a good network again
5. 
   TONicole Ben Silverman resigned from NBC! I’ll wait to be happy until I see his replacement.
6. 
   nemalki Ben Silverman’s leaving NBC. I always felt that the captain goes down with the ship. He crashed the ship and jumping feet first. Shame.
7. 
   muffet Does Ben Silverman’s decampment to the new media world say something about the old studio guard?

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