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The Chernin Group has hired former Yahoo top exec Mike Kerns as president of its digital unit, in another effort to knit Hollywood and Silicon Valley more closely together. As part of the deal, Kerns will be opening a Northern California office in San Francisco for the wide-ranging entertainment company that is perhaps best known for making hit movies such as “Spy” and the revival of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise.But the Chernin Group has also made a number of big bets in the tech arena, including the purchase of Fullscreen and Crunchyroll, as well as making a range of investments in startups like Pandora, SoundCloud, Flipboard and Medium.