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David Kaminow is stepping down as President of Marketing at United Artists Releasing, the recently revived MGM and Annapurna Pictures joint distribution venture. In a memo to his colleagues, Kaminow revealed the personal reason behind his decision to leave the company. “As many of you know, these past couple of months…

BREAKING: MGM and Annapurna Pictures have branded a joint venture United Artists Releasing. The revived label will pool the distribution resources of Annapurna, MGM and Orion into a cohesive apparatus that will release films generated by all three, supplemented by select third party films. The hope is to create a more…

EXCLUSIVE: Annapurna Pictures has set an awards-season limited theatrical re-release of the Kathryn Bigelow-directed Detroit on December 1. The reissue will encompass 10 cities and 20-25 screens in markets that will include New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Springs, Maui and Aspen as the studio…

EXCLUSIVE: Annapurna Pictures has made a number of executive hires in both marketing and distribution as it has methodically built out its executive ranks to become a studio. Since we’re at CinemaCon, let’s look at the new distribution team first: It’s no secret that Jeff Greenspun, former senior VP of distribution…

Annapurna Pictures has named David Kaminow, most recently president of Worldwide Strategic Marketing and Research at Sony Pictures, as the indie company’s President of Marketing. He will report to Annapurna founder Megan Ellison and oversee all global marketing and publicity. First up on his slate will be Annapurna’s…