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Participant Media CEO David Linde “Energized” By Industry’s Commitment To Social Change – Banff
Participant Media CEO David Linde has said he is “energized” by the number of production and distribution companies who are now committed to social change.
Spotlight, Judas and the Black Messiah and American Factory producer Participant was founded by Jeff Skoll in 2004 with a commitment to producing entertainment…
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Netflix TV Chief Bela Bajaria & Participant CEO David Linde Set For Banff Festival Keynote Slots
Back as an in-person gathering in the Canadian Rockies after a pandemic induced absence of two years, the Banff World Media Festival is bringing in some heavy hitters this summer.
Netflix's head of Global TV Bela Bajaria and Participant CEO David Linde have been set as Summit Series keynote speakers at the June 12-15…
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Scarlett Johansson Receives American Cinematheque Tribute; Kevin Feige Teases “Top Secret” Marvel Project With Actress, Unrelated To ‘Black Widow’
Tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Black Widow‘s Scarlett Johansson became the 35th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award.
Among those in attendance to pay tribute to the two-time Oscar nominee was Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, who praised her for her “talent,” “vision”, intelligence and savvy, both…
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By Matt Grobar
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As The Film Academy Governors Meet To Elect Officers, Will It Be Business As Usual?
Later today, the first Tuesday in August, the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will meet to install newly elected governors and reorganize its officers, pretty much as usual.
As usual, the governors will almost certainly elect casting director David Rubin, the Academy's current president, to…
Participant Boards ‘Abacus,’ Justin Lin-Directed Adaptation Of 2016 Toronto Docu On Sung Family: Chinatown Bankers Were Only Ones Charged Criminally After 2008 Financial Collapse
EXCLUSIVE: Participant has boarded Abacus, the drama that Justin Lin will direct based on a script by Kenneth Lin (Star Trek: Discovery, House of Cards) and James Schamus (Indignation, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Participant joins as financier, and producer alongside Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment. Lin is…
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Participant, Bron Creative Join Warner Bros/Macro To Co-Fi Drama On Downfall Of Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton
EXCLUSIVE: Participant and Bron Creative have come on board as co-financiers with Warner Bros Pictures and Macro on the recently completed and untitled drama that tells the powerful story of Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and William O'Neal, the undercover FBI informant who helped bring him down…
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Participant Re-Ups CEO David Linde In Multiyear Deal
Participant said Thursday that is has extended David Linde's contract as chief executive officer, inking a multi-year deal. Linde joined the company in 2015 and has overseen a film slate that has won 10 Oscars including Best Pictures Green Book and Spotlight while realigning its core content around social impact…
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Participant Media Ups Trio Of Execs
EXCLUSIVE: After finishing a year in which it backed awards bait films Roma, Green Book, RBG and America To Me, and starting 2019 with American Factory and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind premiering here at Sundance, Participant Media has elevated three of its key executives. Christina Kounelias has been elevated to…
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Participant Media Ups Jonathan King, Diane Weyermann In Key Divisions
Jeff Skoll-owned Participant Media has named Jonathan King as President of Narrative Film & Television, and Diane Weyermann as President of Documentary Film & Television. Both have been with Participant for over a decade and will take on newly established roles in key divisions of the company’s expanded content…
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By Bruce Haring
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Whoopi Goldberg & Participant’s David Linde Among First-Timers Elected To Movie Academy’s Board Of Governors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its new Board of Governors today, and 10 of them are first-timers including Oscar winner and The View mainstay Whoopi Goldberg in the Actors branch and Participant Media CEO David Linde in the Executives branch.
Here is the list of newcomers and incumbents…
Participant Teams With ‘Hoop Dreams’ Steve James For ‘America To Me’ – Mipcom
UPDATE, 8:45 AM: In a keynote speech at Mipcom this evening, Participant Media CEO David Linde said that the company is creating a scripted series with the team from Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight. Without divulging many details, he said the untitled series will look at journalists breaking important stories…
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Participant Media, A Do-Good Company, Plans To Do Better By Acquiring Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake
Digging deeper into the do-good business, Jeff Skoll's Participant Media, a socially conscious entertainment company, is buying Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake, a similarly oriented digital enterprise known for uplifting web fare like the online series The Science Of Happiness, the companies said Thursday.
"They're…
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