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Gloria Steinem, CBS Chief George Cheeks & SpringHill COO Devin Johnson To Speak At One Day Immersion, A College Career Event With Diversity Focus
One Day Immersion, a student career development program focused on the media and entertainment business, said its fall event will emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion as its central theme.
Gloria Steinem, CBS CEO George Cheeks and SpringHill Co. COO Devin Johnson are among the speakers during the free, virtual…
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Media Vet Evan Shapiro Creates ‘Darkland’ Comic Series On Macroverse NFT Platform
EXCLUSIVE: Evan Shapiro, former head of cable networks IFC and Pivot who shepherded properties like Portlandia and HarmonQuest, has resurfaced with comic series Darkland.
The project, which Shapiro created and wrote, will be hosted as a non-fungible token, or NFT, on the Macroverse platform.
"I've been collecting and…
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Newly Revised Map Charts Media, Entertainment And Technology Universe
Evan Shapiro, a veteran TV executive who is now president of National Lampoon and a college professor, has seen the media, entertainment and technology universe grow increasingly complex.
So, in preparing to teach a new class about the business at Fordham this fall, he did what any explorer would: He made a map…
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National Lampoon In Quibi Deal for Comedic Game Show Series ‘Let’s Go, Atsuko’ As Iconic Brand Continues Reboot
National Lampoon, which turns 50 this year, has inked a series deal with Quibi for eight episodes of Let’s Go, Atsuko! A (woke) Japanese Game Show based on an eponymous live show and podcast by comedian and actress Atsuko Okatsuka.
In each episode, two contestants share with host and creator Okatsuka something they…
Evan Shapiro Tapped As President To Resuscitate National Lampoon Comedy Brand
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Frakes and Raj B. Singh have tapped Evan Shapiro to become president of National Lampoon. Frakes and Singh, who bought the brand two years ago, have also acquired Shapiro’s eshapTV and will fold the comedy projects he has been developing into the National Lampoon brand.
PalmStar media spent $12…
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Evan Shapiro On Producing In A Digital World, How To Adapt YouTube Material And Re-Teaming With Lin-Manuel Miranda
Evan Shapiro has lived a few different show business lives. Early on, he was the theater marketing specialist who turned Shakespeare in the Park into a New York City ritual. During a long run as a cable TV exec, he ran IFC, overseeing its transition from indie film to comedy and green-lighting shows like Portlandia…
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Evan Shapiro Exits As Head Of NBCUniversal’s Seeso Streaming Service
Evan Shapiro, head of NBCUniversal’s Seeso streaming service, has exited the company, Deadline has learned.
His duties will taken up by Maggie Suniewick, president of NBCU digital enterprises, to whom Shapiro has been reporting.
“Evan has created a slate of remarkable comedy programming, and put together an incredibly…
NBC Smiles At Plan To Create Subscription Web Service For Comedy
Funny is money: NBC plans to launch a Web-based subscription comedy service this year, the network confirms. But much else about the initiative, disclosed by the Wall Street Journal, remains unclear — in part because it’s still in the early planning stage.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and SNL likely would…
Evan Shapiro Takes Digital Post At NBCUniversal
A month after Evan Shapiro exited as Pivot president in a management shakeup at Participant Media’s startup network, he is joining NBCUniversal as EVP Digital Enterprises. It is a newly created position whose job description includes companywide strategic development of digital opportunities to reach emerging…
Kent Rees Named Pivot General Manager; President Evan Shapiro Exits
There is a change at the top of Participant Media’s Pivot network targeting Millennials. EVP Marketing Kent Rees has been named general manager, reporting to Participant Media CEO Jim Berk. Pivot president Evan Shapiro is leaving. I hear Shapiro, the former president of IFC TV and Sundance Channel, is considering…
TCA: Pivot Greenlights Eco-Warrior Series, Renews ‘Please Like Me’
Pivot said this afternoon it has greenlit The Operatives, an original series spotlighting an elite team of conservationists that takes on the world’s worst eco-offenders. The series stars Pete Bethune, who is described by Pivot as an “adventurer, author and eco-warrior.” He and his team of “extreme conservationists”…
Participant Media Launches TV Division, Taps Evan Shapiro To Run It
IFC TV and Sundance Channel president Evan Shapiro is leaving AMC Networks. He has been named president of Participant Television, a newly formed TV division of Participant Media. Shapiro, who will report to Participant Media CEO Jim Berk, starts May 7 and will oversee the development and production of original…
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