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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
contrarian, the Harvard MBA Indicator is bullish on stocks for 2014 but bearish on the tech sector. If (only if) that turns out to be right, you read it here!" —Ray Soifer (MBA 1965), chairman, Soifer Consulting "The Twitter IPO is a sign of the maturation of the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Taking up the issue of climate change
vice chair. He and his wife also cofounded the Environmental Media Association, which encourages environmental awareness in the entertainment industry. "We believe that the overwhelming environmental issue... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs
As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
DODI: Backing ventures with products important to women and families. Photo courtesy Monica Dodi A cofounder of MTV Europe, a former executive at Walt Disney/Europe, and former CEO of AOL’s Entertainment Asylum, Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) is... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
film-related internships, which furthered her interests in movies and television, as did serving as director of the HBS Entertainment & Media Club, coproducer of the club’s annual View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
From HBO to HBS
media company's relatively unknown cable TV subsidiary, Home Box Office. He took the job at HBO and stayed for 34 years, recently retiring as president of HBO Home Entertainment, the network's DVD and digital program distribution... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; HBSO; HBS; faculty; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
same as it was in 1977, and certainly not in the entertainment space." As CEO of AMC Theatres since March 2009, Lopez has been addressing that discrepancy with a passion and drive not usually seen in a business often considered a sleepy... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
companies strengthening themselves across several media activities. Thus Disney, which began as an entertainment provider before adding network and cable television companies, now owns a 43 percent stake in... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
student-run Entertainment & Media Club, worked as an assistant to John Davis (MBA 1981) of Davis Entertainment and at Creative Artists Agency before coming to HBS. MB: What... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971
creator of All in the Family. “I had no experience in the entertainment business, I had never been to Hollywood, and I didn’t know anyone there,” says Horn. “He said, ‘You’re perfect,’ and hired me. He wanted a blank slate.” Perenchio was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
where you stand on the political aisle, the acrimony inherent in a two-party system was disheartening at times. So if politics was my first love, entertainment and media is my second—specifically film and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
from mobile devices. Next, social media, in the form of Facebook and Twitter, became the information workhorse, serving two roles. Initially, social media was used to engage fans during the buildup to Super Bowl week. That included... View Details
- 16 Dec 2019
- News
Jeff Shell to Become CEO of NBCUniversal
Current chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment Jeff Shell (MBA 1991) will take over as CEO of the media company on January 1, reports the Los Angeles Times. In a statement to the Times, Brian... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
multistrategy firm focused on investment in the entertainment and media space, says that when interest rates are as low as they were for the last decade, “investors start looking for places to pick up... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
and Amazon are the established players in this new frontier—but the number of upstart media companies vying for viewers means that the landscape could look completely different down the road. “It’s a gold rush,” says HBS senior lecturer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
- 28 Jul 2021
- News
Squarely in Their Corner
“personal board of directors,” that includes Sarah Harden (MBA 1999), CEO of the Reese Witherspoon media company Hello Sunshine. The two worked together at Fox Networks Group, where Ahuja helped launch Hulu while Harden served as senior... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Turning Point: Dream Weaver
about that potential, as well as the power of global, cross-cultural storytelling to create dialogue. At a time when we’re so often driven apart, we need to educate and inspire the next generation of storytellers to use their creative gifts, to bring people together... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
all four Madagascar films. Baobab creates interactive, animated VR worlds that feel less like games—in many early VR experiences, users engage with characters only to win something—and more like movies. For Fan, animated VR is the View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
the same. Reading and thinking are still very important.” One dramatic change has been how the media and entertainment industry has become a key driver of the American economy and a powerful influence on the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
the first MBA student to give birth while at HBS and then go on to complete her degree. At the Entertainment & Media Club’s annual conference a couple of weeks ago, keynoter Gerry Lopez (MBA ’84), CEO and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons