Career
Paratore co-founded the TMZ web site, and the company ParaMedia in 2005 and its companion television show, TMZ on television, in 2007. A native of Louisiana, Paratore earned a bachelor"s degree in communications from Loyola University New Orleans. Paratore began his career as a programming director for several Florida television stations before joining Telepictures.
Paratore was the President of Warner Brothers
Telepictures Productions from 1992 to 2006. He developed Telepictures" slate of daytime syndicated and prime time reality shows, including American Broadcasting Company"s The Bachelor.
As President of Telepictures, Paratore oversaw the creation of some of the studio"s most prominent shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Rosie O"Donnell Show and The Bachelor. Paratore remained the executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the syndicated daytime talk show which debuted in 2003, even after departing his Telepictures in 2006.
He also served as the Vice President of Warner Brothers
Domestic Television Distribution from 2002 until his death in 2012. Death
Paratore died of a heart attack while bicycling in France on May 29, 2012, at the age of 58.
