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DreamWorks beats 3Q estimates with `MvA' on video
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DreamWorks beats 2Q expectations; costs seen down
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Can you out-predict the media experts?
If you doubt that media companies can profit from going green, look at what's in store for 2008. Indiana Jones and Madagascar sequels will be sources of renewable box office energy for Paramount and DreamWorks. New Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes will recycle his cable division...
3-D cinema is 'the future of movies': film studio head
LONDON AFP — The head of Dreamworks Animation, which made the "Shrek" series of films, said in an interview published Thursday he believes three-dimensional cinema is the future of movie-viewing, and will help fight video piracy. Speaking to The Times, Jeffrey Katzenberg said that he has "seen the future...
China Media Group Corporation Announces Cooperation With DreamWorks Movie & TV Culture Media Co. Ltd. on Advertising in Hunan Province
China Media Group Corporation (OTC BB: CHMD) ("CMG") announces today that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with DreamWorks Movie & TV Culture Media Co. Ltd. ("DMCM") on developing the advertising market for Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province in China.
High sales for Madagascar: family title has good start.(DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s sales from the animated movie)(Brief Article)
Madagascar busted out to a good start last week as the industry eyed how DreamWorks Animation's first major release since Shark Tale performed on video. DreamWorks executives declined to comment on initial sales, but retailers said they were happy Madagascar busted out to...
AMD Helps ``Madagascar'' Animals Break Free; AMD64 Technology Lifts DreamWorks Animation to New Heights in Movie-Making
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that the AMD OpteronTM processor played a significant role in the digital magic behind DreamWorks Animation SKG's recent movie, "Madagascar." "Madagascar" is the tale of four Central Park Zoo animals who, after spending their lives in blissful captivity, are unexpectedly shipped back...
Gameloft Secures Exclusive Mobile Gaming Rights to Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks' War of the Worlds Movie
NEW YORK -- Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones, today announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Viacom Consumer Products, Inc. to develop, publish and distribute the wireless game version of the biggest movie event of the year, Steven Spielberg's War of the...
Columbus Citizens Foundation Says: Spielberg's DreamWorks Animates Prejudice in Kids Movie
NEW YORK -- --Shark Tale Uses Defamatory Ethnic Stereotyping to Characterize Villains in Violent Tale for Children
DVD and bottom lines: financial reports show that DVDs are propping up movie studios.(Think Inc.)
Sony Corp., the consumer-electronics behemoth that sells everything from videogames to CDs, pointed to DVD in quarterly earnings reports last week. Sony's fiscal first-quarter sales, including flat-screen TV sets, digital cameras and cell pho Sony Corp., the consumer-electronics...
'Shark Tale' gets Cannes sneak peek
CANNES, France -- The Cannes Film Festival had a shark attack. Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Jack Black rode a 14-foot inflatable shark early in the festival along the beach in the Mediterranean resort town to promote their upcoming computer- animated flick "Shark Tale," which debuts in October....
Gwyneth Paltrow to play Marlene Dietrich
LOS ANGELES AFP ? Oscar-winning US actress Gwyneth Paltrow will take on the legendary persona of German-born movie icon Marlene Dietrich in a new big-budget Hollywood film, the industry press said. Tinseltown studio DreamWorks is to bring the life story of the very private "Blue Angel" star to the...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Jeffrey Katzenberg | Principal Partner |
| Jheryl Busby | Head of Urban Music |
| Terry Rossio | |
| Paul G. Allen | Investor |
Jeffrey Katzenberg is a principal partner of DreamWorks SKG, which he founded in October 1994 with his partners, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. Prior to that, Katzenberg served as chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. He began his career as assistant to the president of United Artists and moved on to Paramount Studios where he became president himself. Katzenberg serves on the boards of The Motion Picture and Television Fund, The Museum of the Moving Image, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California Institute of the Arts, and The Simon Wiesenthal Center. He is co-chairman of both the Creative Rights Committee of the Directors Guild of America and the Committee on the Professional Status of Writers of the Writers Guild of America.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | CEO, Dreamworks Animation Skg | Current |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| DreamWorks SKG | Principal Partner | Current |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Motion Picture Company, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Board of Directors | Current |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Board of Directors | Current |
| California Institute of the Arts | Board of Directors | Current |
| Museum of The Moving Image | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Chairman | Former |
| The Walt Disney Studios | Chairman | Former |
Mr. Jheryl Busby serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of OneUnited Bank. Mr. Busby is currently the head of Urban Music at DreamWorks SKG and the principal and owner of Busby Holdings, a company engaged in artist and executive management, consulting and other businesses. Mr. Busby is a veteran of the music industry. He is best known for reviving Motown Records, creating the Urban Music department at MCA Records, and building the black music division at A& M Records. Mr. Busby has held senior executive positions with Stax Records, Cassablanca Records, Atlantic, CBS, A&M, MCA and Motown.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| DreamWorks SKG | Head of Urban Music | Current |
| One United Bank | Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DreamWorks SKG | Current |
Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen creates and advances world-class projects and high-impact initiatives that change and improve the way people live, learn, work and experience the world through arts, education, entertainment, sports, business and technology. He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, remained the company's chief technologist until he left Microsoft in 1983, and is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc. and chairman of Charter Communications. In addition, Allen's multibillion dollar investment portfolio includes large stakes in DreamWorks Animation SKG, Digeo, Plains All American, real estate holdings and more than 40 other technology, media and content companies. In 2004 Allen funded SpaceShipOne, the first privately-backed effort to successfully put a civilian in suborbital space and winner of the Ansari X-Prize competition. Allen also owns the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and is part of the primary ownership group for the Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle's new Major League Soccer team. With lifetime giving totaling nearly $1 billion, Allen has been named one of the top philanthropists in America. Allen gives back to the community through the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, whose goal is to transform individual lives and strengthen communities by supporting arts and culture, youth engagement, community development and social change, and scientific and technological innovation throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2003, Allen contributed $100 million to create the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a research facility dedicated to performing innovative basic research on the brain and distributing its discoveries to researchers around the world. In 2006 the Allen Institute completed its inaugural project, the Allen Brain Atlas, a Web-based, three-dimensional map of gene expression in the mouse brain which is freely accessible online. Detailing more than 21,000 genes at the cellular level, the Atlas continues to help lead scientists to new insights and propel the field of neuroscience forward dramatically. Allen is also founder of Experience Music Project, Seattle's critically-acclaimed interactive music museum; the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame; the Flying Heritage Collection, an assemblage of rare World War II aircraft restored to flying condition and shared with the public; and Vulcan Productions, the independent film production company behind the award-winning feature HARD CANDY; the Evolution series on PBS; The Blues, executive-produced by Martin Scorsese in conjunction with Allen and Jody Patton; the Emmy-award winning Rx for Survival A Global Health Challenge; and the Peabody award-winning Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Vulcan Productions | Chairman & Founder | Current |
| Vulcan Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Experience Music Project | Founder | Current |
| The Science Fiction Museum | Founder | Current |
| Allen Institute for Brain Science | Co-Founder | Current |
| Bickfordmovie.Com | Executive Producer | Current |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Rx for Survival | Board of Directors | Current |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Digeo, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| DreamWorks SKG | Investor | Current |
| Oxygen Media, LLC | Investor | Current |
| Microsoft Corporation | Chief Technologist | Former |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Microsoft Corporation | Co-founder | Former |
| Vulcan Inc. | Chairman | Current |
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