Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood Monday, May 5th 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Track I - Money, Media, Entertainment & Technology The New Hollywood Equation – Content Owners, New Platforms, Agents & Commerce As the entertainment industry enters its next, albeit yet to be determined, phase of production and distribution – where digital technologies take a stronger and more significant role – the basic relationship among power players is likely to take new and unique forms. For the sake of discussion, we might call this the New Hollywood Equation, where content owners, talent, talent agents and the new distribution channels all stake out new territory and attempt to find new formula for dealing with the next generation of Hollywood. In this session, we bring together some of the best informed creative executives in the field. Michael Jay Solomon, President and CEO, Solomon Entertainment Enterprises (SEE), former President of Warner Bros. International Television Donick Cary, Executive Producer, “Lil’ Bush” Chris Moore, Partner, Redpoint Ventures Alex Barkaloff, Digital Media Initiatives, Lionsgate Chris Moore, Partner, Redpoint Ventures Lesley Pinckney, Director, Digital Development, Essence Communications Inc. David Brooks, director/editor/effects artist Jon Healey, Editorial writer, Los Angeles Times, Moderator For Further Speaker Infomation - Click on highlighed Names to see their LinkedIn Profile Donick Cary, Executive Producer, “Lil’ Bush”, Founder, Sugarlab Digital Studios: Emmy-winning writer and producer Donick Cary got his start writing for “Late Night with David Letterman.” He continued working with the show through its move to CBS, serving as both head writer and the “guy in the bear suit.” After five years in late night, Cary moved to “The Simpsons,” where he served as a co-executive producer for four seasons. He later spent a season in the same capacity on “Just Shoot Me.” Cary has produced pilots for and developed with: Brillstein Grey, Sony Television, Happy Madison, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, FX, HBO, the WB and Nickelodeon. Cary is currently executive producing his show “Lil’ Bush” for Comedy Central, the first mobi/series ever to move from cell phones to television. Cary grew up in Nantucket Island and attended Boston University. Chris Moore, Partner, Redpoint Ventures: focusing on consumer Internet, online marketing and business services opportunities. Prior to joining Redpoint, Chris evaluated Internet opportunities for IVP, a firm he joined in 1999. He currently serves on the board of directors of DailyStrength, eBureau and Vuze, and is actively involved with Redpoint's investments in Efficient Frontier and Oodle. Chris also led Redpoint's investment in Right Media (acquired by Yahoo!) and was actively involved with Redpoint's investment in MySpace. Prior to joining IVP, Chris led business development efforts for wine.com, the online wine retailer, and held various product management positions with Peapod, the pioneering online grocery shopping service provider. Previously, Chris evaluated and executed Internet and media investments for Ameritech. He began his career as a financial analyst in the mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyout groups of Wasserstein Perella & Co. Chris holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Jon Healey, Editorial writer, Los Angeles Times: Jon Healey is a member of the editorial board at the Los Angeles Times, which means he is one of a nameless, faceless group writing screeds that, technically speaking, reflect the views of the publisher. His main contributions to the editorial page are pieces about intellectual property, technology, regulations, monetary policy and general business issues. He also writes the Bit Player blog, which covers the collision of entertainment and technology, and a biweekly column for LATimes.com. Prior to joining the board, he spent five years as a business reporter at the Times covering the convergence of entertainment and technology. As a result, he spent the bulk of his time writing about lawsuits. Other career stops include stints at the San Jose Mercury News, Congressional Quarterly and the Winston-Salem Journal. Michael Jay Solomon, President and CEO, Solomon Entertainment Enterprises: Michael Jay Solomon began his career in film distribution by loading films onto trucks for United Artists at the age of 18 in 1956. He joined United Artists’ International Division in 1959 and by 1960 was selling theatrical films from Panama to Central America and later Bogota, Colombia. At age 24 he headed up United Artists’ office in Lima, Peru. In 1964, he started up MCA’s Latin American Television Division while based in Mexico and later Brazil. By age 30, Mr. Solomon became MCA’s youngest vice president, and eventually had international responsibilities. In 1978, after eight years with United Artists and fourteen years with MCA, he co-founded Telepictures Corporation, which went on to become the largest U.S. television syndication company (they created TV syndication) and one of the largest international television distribution companies, as well as the owner and operator of six television stations in the U.S. Telepictures became a public company (NASDAQ) after only 14 months under the leadership of Mr. Solomon as Chairman and CEO. In 1985, when Telepictures merged with Lorimar to form Lorimar Telepictures Corp. (American Stock Exchange), Mr. Solomon became the new company’s President and served on its Board of Directors. Mr. Solomon, with his partners, led Lorimar Telepictures to become the largest television production and distribution company in the world, producing TV series such as Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knot’s Landing and many more. In 1989, when Lorimar Telepictures was acquired by Warner Bros., Mr. Solomon became President of Warner Bros. International Television, heading up the company’s sales and marketing to television, cable and satellite companies internationally. Under his leadership, Warner Bros. became the largest (by 2.5 times) TV program distribution company in the world. He was also responsible for investments in the telecommunications area internationally. He is a co-founder of HBO OLE, the leading pay-TV service in Latin America, and opened the door to Western programming in China, Russia, India and many more third-world countries. He was the first international distributor of The Grammys, MTV and “E” Entertainment Channel, and is a Founder of the American Film Market Association. Following a five-year tenure at Warner Bros. in which he increased international television revenues more than 400 percent and built a lasting international structure, Mr. Solomon left in April 1994 to launch his own television communications companies, Solomon Entertainment Enterprises. He distributed independent TV product to the international market and formed a partnership with Canal Plus (France) and UFA (Germany) to produce TV movies. For three years he created El Camino Entertainment Group, Inc., the largest Midway operating company in North America, by consolidating six of the most important family-run companies in the U.S. and Canada, consisting of rides, food and games, serving state and county fairs. This business was bought out by a large investment fund. His main focus today is as President and CEO of Solomon Entertainment Enterprises (SEE) – a worldwide content provider to the electronic media world (broadband and internet) through his subsidiary, Electronic Media Syndication (EMS). He is also Chairman of Vertigo Theme Parks, Inc. (pink sheets: VTPK), a theme park located near Cali, Colombia, on 70 acres, which will feature five adrenalin mechanical rides, including the longest and fastest ride in the world plus forty more rides, shopping centers, gaming, an equestrian center, a tax-free zone and many more attractions. It will open during the first quarter of 2008, and the company will use the same model on a 115-acre site in Mexico near Guadalajara. Mr. Solomon formed a company in China, China TNT (Today and Tomorrow), which has the exclusive rights to exhibit on the internet (broadband) content of the channels run by SMG (Shanghai Media Group), consisting of thirteen free over-the-air and twenty-one cable channels. These channels will be exhibited on broadband worldwide (to 100 million Chinese living outside of China), as well as within China. He has recently been named Chairman of New Medium Enterprises (NME) (OTC), a provider of affordable, high quality HD discs and playback machines to compete with Blu-Ray and HD DVD. New Medium Enterprises (NME) provides the world’s first low-cost True High Definition solution, utilizing today’s Red Laser Technology. HD VMD is based on NME’s proprietary Versatile Multilayer Disc (VMD) format, and seamless and cost-effective manufacturing solutions based on the existing Red Laser DVD production infrastructure. Mr. Solomon serves on the Board of Directors of Industrial Enterprises of America (OTC), a specialty automotive aftermarket supplier. He also serves on the Board of Overseers of New York University’s Stern School of Business (18 years), is a Founder of The Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem, and was Founding Chairman of The Jerusalem Foundation of the West Coast of the United States. He was educated at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Boston’s Emerson College, where he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree.Z Lesley Pinckney is the Director, Digital Development for Essence Communications Inc. Responsible for strategic partnerships and multi-platform development, she plays an integral role in the development of the brand’s online content and the creation and distribution of original programming produced by the magazine’s new multimedia division, ESSENCE Studios. With a broad range of online and television expertise, Pinckney oversaw the launch of the magazine’s highly successful first-ever interactive online reality dating show “30 Dates in 30 Days”. Prior to joining ESSENCE, Pinckney was a Vice President at MTV Networks’ Tempo and was previously Vice President, Talent Development & Casting at Spike TV. In that position, she handled all aspects of talent relations, negotiated contracts and managed schedules and logistics for several major television awards shows including the GQ Men of the Year Awards, Video Game Awards, Autorox and live event coverage at the Superbowl. Prior to her positions at MTV Networks, Pinckney was an Account Director and Project Manager at several top interactive agencies and was responsible for developing websites and online marketing strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Pinckney holds a bachelor’s degree in religion, and minored in philosophy from Hunter College in New York City. DAVID BROOKS - director/editor/effects artist: Brooks is a US/Brit who studied theoretic mathematics at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology but then became a film editor. He cut commercials, films and videos for amongst others Tony Kaye, Ridley Scott, Spike Jonze, Paul Hunter, Leslie Dektor and Baz Luhrman. Since his first gold Clio in ’93 for the editing of Tony Kaye’s music video “Runnaway Train” his work as an editor and flame artist has been recognized and awarded by numerous US and international bodies, including D&AD, Sundance Film Festival, London International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, One Show, and the Clios. The 2001 short film Member starring an as yet unknown Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Black Dahlia) marked Brooks’ directorial debut. He has subsequently gone on to direct numerous music videos and commercials. Member premiered as an official selection at the Sundance film festival and has subsequently played a-list film festivals on five continents. As a result Brooks has taken his considerable talents into directing for television as well an off-broadway dance show – ‘The Life and Times of Barry Goldhubris’. “Goldhubris was a bizarre spectacle, about a man who’s ego gets so big that he explodes.” explains Brooks “I put a very talented and equally large 380lb dancer, into a fat suit and let him go wild in a virtual electronic environment. He is overloaded on food, money, information, greed. Nice?”