#AFM American Film Market/The Guide, The Distributors, The Money

02Nov09

Much of LA becomes consumed with the buying and selling of features this week as 8000 gather at the American Film Market which kicks off W 11/4 and runs through W 11/11 concurrently with AFI Fest. Ground zero is the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel where 400 distributors are getting ready to rumble.  As the distributors […]

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Tags: Abu Dabi, Adam Chapnick, AFI Fest, AFM, AFM Favorite Film Pitch, Akin Gump, Alann McNeil, Ally Sheedy, American Cinema, American Film Market, American Sunset, Andrew Horton, Anvil!, ASC, Aurora Productions, Bill Murray, Billy Drago, Billy Zane, Blue Seduction, Brad Beutlich, Business of Film, Celluloid Dreams, Chloe, Christopher Lloyd, Ciara, Colin Firth, Comerica, Corey Haim, Darcy Antonellis, Deluxe's Web Watch, DGA, Digital Media Wire, Distribber.com, Distribution U, Dorian Gray, DtecNet, E1, Ealing Studios, Emperor Motion Pictures, Endgame, Endgame Entertainment, Essential Entertainment, Estella Warren, Exclusive Media, Film Specific, Fortissimo, Frank Molina, From Time to Time, Future of FIlm, Get Low, Global Universal Pictures, Glorious 39, HanWay, Harry Brown, Hilary Duff, Hyde Park, IFTA, IM Global, Incentive Filmed Entertainment, IndieGoGo, Joan Cheng, Jon Reiss, Jonathan Dayton, Julianne Moore, Julie Christie, Juliet Snowden, K5, Kyle MacLachlan, Landmark Theatres, Larry Cohen, Liddell, Life During Wartime, Lisa Smithline, Little Miss Sunshine, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Maggie Smith, Magnet Media, Mama I Want to Sing!, Mandate International, Mao's Last Dancer, Mark Attenza, Mark Monitor, Matt Tyrnauer, Michael Caine, Michael Douglas, Mick Garris, Millenium, MPower, Myriad Pictures, Natalie Prtoman, Natural Selection, New Films, Nu Image, Odd Lot, Ondi Timoner, Overnight Prods, Paradigm, Paul Reubens, PGA, Ray Liotta, Rounds, Russell Crowe, Sacha Gervasi, SAG, Saint John of Las Vegas, Sarah Silverman, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Scott Kirsner, Screen Capital, Screen International, Sheppard Mullin, Sierra Pictures, Snowmen, Social Capital, Stacey Parks, Stay Cool, Stephen Susco, Steve Buscemi, Stiles White, Stroock, StudioCanal, Summit Entertainment, Ted Mundorff, The Film Department, The Garden, The Hollywood Reporter, The Meaning of Plus One, The Meaning of the 21st Century, The Next Three Days, The Works International, Think Outside the Box (Office), Tic Tock, Troma, TromaDance, Trouble The Waters, Valentino, Variety, Vision Films, Warner, We Live In Public, WestEnd Films, WGA, WIF, Winchester Capital, Worldwide Filmed Entertainment, Wynona Ryder

Sheppard Mullin VC Outlook/Draper, Hornik, Lasky, Chang/Let The Good Times Roll

13Oct09

Not even the threat of a gusting hurricane, 280 flooding or trees flying could keep eager startups from the Sheppard Mullin Venture Capital Outlook this morning as valley rockstars Tim Draper of Draper Fisher & Jurvetson, David Hornik of August Capital, Mitch Lasky of Benchmark Capital, Tim Chang of Norwest Venture Partners, and my client […]

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Tags: August Capital, Benchmark Capital, CastTV, David Hornik, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mitch Lasky, MyYearbook, ngmoco, Norwest Venture Partners, Riaz Karamali, Richter & Hampton, Riot Games, ShareThis, Sheppard Mullin, Six Apart, StumbleUpon, Tim Chang, Tim Draper, Vivox, Wowd

Sheppard Mullin GamesLaw Scores with EA, LucasArts, MTV, PlayFirst, Glu

13May09

Last night it was all fun and games at the Commonwealth Club as the Sheppard Mullin Digital Media Law Forum delivered a highly informative and entertaining GamesLaw evening with JoAnn Covington of Electronic Arts, Nell O’Donnell of LucasArts, Victoria Libin of MTV Nickelodeon Games, Brad Simon of PlayFirst, Kevin Chou of Glu Mobile and Marc […]

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Tags: Commonwealth Club, EA, Glu, LucasArts, MTV, MySpace, PlayFirst, SDForum, Sheppard Mullin

February 2009: TED, EFM, GSMA, DICE…

02Mar09

February had something for everyone:  TED for thought, EFM for filmmakers, GSMA for mobile, DICE for gamers.  Great things were said but little posted yet.  I can kind of understand why there is nothing on writers chitchat at Media Bistro’s SF Mixer re: twitter.com/themediaisdying the very night the town’s only newspaper rumored shutdown.  Nice to have […]

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Tags: AlwaysOn, DICE, Digital Music Forum, EFM, Flickr, FORA.tv, GSMA, Media Bistro, Noise Pop, Sheppard Mullin, TED, themediaisdying, UGCX

Pandora to TED to UGCX to Pixar

11Feb09

Here are some of the great events that took place in the last week:   COMMONWEALTH CLUB:  ROCK STAR REVOLUTION (Th 2/5, SOLD OUT!) Last Thursday, got to schmooze with Tim Westergren, Founder, Pandora; Steve Jang, CMO, imeem; Nion McEvoy, CEO, Spin Magazine; and Dana LoPiccolo-Giles, Founder, CreateSpace at the Sheppard Mullin Digital Media Law […]

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Tags: Activision, Android, BAWIFT, Bojam, Cafe Press, Craig Newmark, Craigslist, CreateSpace, Current TV, EconMusic, Gaia, Guitar Hero, Guy Kawasaki, Heroes, imeem, iPhone, istockphoto, Jeff Jarvis, Jerry Weissman, Pandora, Pixar, Purple Violets, Raptr, Sheppard Mullin, Spin, TED, Tim Walsh, UGCX, Vampire Weekend

Sheppard Mullin Digital Media Law Forum: A Closer Look at the Veoh Decision

07Nov08

Last night, 70 high profile guests were treated to a lush kickoff of the Sheppard Mullin Digital Media Law Forum at the Commonwealth Club.   The event was held at the Four Seasons Palo Alto and amidst mashed potato martinis, the biggest names in digital media soaked in expert advice from Zahavah Levine, YouTube, Josh […]

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Tags: CreateSpace, Digital Media, Google, imeem, iTunes, Metacafe, Pandora, Roku, Sheppard Mullin, Spin, TimeWarner, TiVo, Veoh, Yahoo, YouTube