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Former MGM Film Head Jonathan Glickman Launches Panoramic Media; Gary Barber, Spyglass, Tarak Ben Ammar, UTA, Lantern & Pinky Promise To Fund Venture
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Glickman has launched Panoramic Media, a multi-platform content venture. The former MGM Motion Picture Group President launches with investment from Gary Barber, Spyglass Media Group, Eagle Pictures, Lantern Entertainment, Pinky Promise and United Talent Agency. Glickman wasn’t putting a number on…
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Lionsgate Takes 20% Of Spyglass Media, Most Of Its 200-Title Library In Broad Strategic Partnership Including First Look Television Deal
Lionsgate has acquired the vast majority of the Spyglass Media Group’s feature film library of approximately 200 titles and formed a strategic content partnership, the two companies announced today. The agreement gives Lionsgate a 20% investment stake in Spyglass. whose major assets include the latest installment of…
Gary Barber’s Spyglass Media Group Gets First-Look & Strategic Investment From Warner Bros
BREAKING: Spyglass Media Group has entered into a first look deal with Warner Bros. The studio will also become a strategic investor.
Spyglass is run by chairman/CEO Gary Barber, the former MGM chairman who relaunched the company he formed with Roger Birnbaum in 1998 when he made a deal with Lantern Entertainment…
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Spyglass Lays Off 15, Shutters New York Office In Break From TWC Past
Spyglass Media Group, launched this month by former MGM boss Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment, has laid off 15 workers due to the shutdown of the company's New York office. A company insider confirmed reports of the reductions Wednesday, saying it was a shift designed to maximize the efficiency of workers at the…
MGM Alum Kristin Cotich Joins Spyglass Media Group As Communications Chief
Spyglass Media Group has tapped Kristin Cotich as EVP of Worldwide Communications, marking the latest move by an MGM alum to the new company led by former MGM boss Gary Barber.
Cotich will report to Barber, who is chairman and CEO of Spyglass. She previously held the same title at MGM, working for Barber when he…
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MGM Vet Cheryl Rodman Joins Spyglass Media Group As Chief Legal Officer
Spyglass Media Group, the independent production and distribution outfit launched this week by Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment, has tapped Barber’s former MGM colleague, Cheryl Rodman, as its Chief Legal Officer.
She will oversee legal matters and business & legal affairs for the company, including corporate…
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Lantern Entertainment And Gary Barber Launch Spyglass Media Group, A New Home For Former Weinstein Co. Assets
Former MGM CEO and Spyglass principal Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment have joined forces to form Spyglass Media Group, an independent outfit, which will blend new film and TV projects with the Weinstein Co. assets.
Strategic investors include Eagle Pictures, the largest independent distributor in Italy, and the…
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Gary Barber, Jay Rasulo Among New iHeartMedia Board Members
While it remains in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, audio giant iHeartMedia has announced the members of its newly formulated board of directors, a group that includes former MGM boss Gary Barber and ex-Disney exec Jay Rasulo.
Noting that the board selections are subject to the approval of the company’s…
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Big $260M Payout For MGM’s Former Chairman/CEO Gary Barber In Official Resolution With Company
Gary Barber and MGM have officially parted ways in a resolution between the two parties that has MGM Holdings paying out $260M to its former chairman/CEO of eight years. This comes only three months after Barber was ousted from the company in a firing that shocked employees and the town. The moves comes after both…
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MGM Credit Ratings Downgraded By Moody’s Due To Film And TV Spending
As it continues to plot a new course after a management reshuffling, MGM has received some unwelcome news this morning from Moody's Investors Service. Noting the company's increased spending on film and TV projects, it has downgraded two key ratings for the company.
MGM's "corporate family rating" and default…
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By Dade Hayes
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MGM Holdings Says Management Team Will Run The Company
MGM Holdings, in its first call with analysts today following the sudden and unexpected ouster of MGM chairman/CEO Gary Barber last week, said the company is being led by a management team through a newly created “Office of the CEO.”
Recently installed Chief Operating Officer Chris Brearton said this group of senior…
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Behind The MGM Shakeup Shocker! What Happened To Instigate MGM Chairman/CEO Gary Barber’s Ouster?
UPDATED 3:48 PM with more details: More information is coming to the surface about what caused MGM chairman and CEO Gary Barber to be ousted by MGM Holdings Inc yesterday. Sources with knowledge of the situation said it really came down to fighting about the direction of the company and a difference of opinion between…
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