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MTV's Tappon joins 495


March 03, 2008 Upstart reality production house 495 has hired senior MTV programming executive Drew Tappon as its new head of development. The announcement was made by 495 president Sally Ann Salsano, who worked with Tappon when developing her MTV hit "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila." "Drew and I share the same style, drive and vision to create innovative reality programming for network and cable television," she said.

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