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Weather Channel Has New Boss in Byron Allen, purchases network for $300 million

  The comedian and media mogul purchased the weather programming network recently.   Well, it’s turning out to be one of the biggest “who knew” questions of the year when it comes to comedian Byron Allen. Bet you didn’t know that besides making people laugh for years, he’s also an entrepreneur, media mogul and the CEO of his own company, Entertainment Studios, Inc. Founded by Allen in 1993, Entertainment Studios is a global media production and distribution company with 8 HD networks, dozens of syndicated shows, over 5,000 hours of HD programming, a film distribution company, a podcast network, and