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Thought Leader Interview With Cinedigm CEO Chris McGurkSeeking AlphaUnder McGurk's leadership, the company is being transformed from a successful digital technology deployment company to an entertainment services company focused on the high growth software and content distribution businesses. ...Cinedigm sets eight more releases with ArcVarietyCinedigm Digital Cinema and Arc Entertainment Enter Into Multi-Picture ...MarketWatch (press release)all 4 news articles »Read Full Story
Film News: Overture exits signal a reversal of strategy -- John Malone's Starz unit wants out of the movie financing biz. That much has become clear in the wake of the departures Thursday of Overture CEO Chris McGurk and chief operating officer Danny Rosett.Read Full Story
Film News: CEO and COO leaving distribution company -- Despite the departures of Overture Films toppers Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett, Liberty Media is still pursuing various options for the company and has no immediate plans to shutter it.Read Full Story
TV News: McGurk, Rosett explore management buyout of Liberty Media unit -- As John Malone's Liberty Media looks to refinance or sell Starz Media, Overture Films toppers Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett are exploring a management buyout of the unit that houses Overture and other production entities, according to knowledgeable insiders.Read Full Story
The Los Angeles Film Festival today announced that Chris McGurk, Chairman and CEO of Cinedigm Entertainment Group, will be the Keynote Speaker for the 2012 Festival. McGurk is a film industry leader who came to Cinedigm with 25 years of experience with MGM, Overture Films, Anchor Bay, Universal, Disney, Pepsico and Price Waterhouse. LAFF's Keynote Speech, which takes place June 16, is an annual state-of-indie-film address that kicks...
The keynote speech will also open a full day of panels at the AFCI Locations Show. Also announced is a new event on June 19 featuring comedian Marc Maron hosting his WTF podcast live with a to-be-announced guest in front of an intimate Festival audience.
The publicly traded company is now a full-fledged distributor of indie films and -- thanks to April's $14 million purchase of home entertainment player New Video and its 5,000 movies and TV properties -- is expanding to include iTunes and mobile platforms.
The Los Angeles Film Festival (June 14-24), which will open with Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love" and close with Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike," has booked Cinedigm's Chairman and CEO Chris McGurk as its keynote speaker. The LAFF also reveals its schedule of Coffee Talks, Poolside Rants, Spotlight on the Craft, panels and conversations. McGurk's keynote on June 16 will address the "Renaissance of Indie Film" and kick off the festival's...