Michael Lynton
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Michael Lynton
Michael Lynton (born January 1, 1960) is the CEO of Sony Corporation of America and Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Since 2004, Lynton has managed Sony Pictures’ global operations, including motion pictures, television and digital content production and distribution, as well as home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, and the development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.[1]
In March of 2012, Sony Corporation announced that Lynton would additionally hold the position of CEO of Sony Corporation of America, overseeing Sony’s entertainment businesses, including Sony Music Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Sony Pictures Entertainment.[2]
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Background
Lynton is the former CEO of AOL Europe and chairman and CEO of Pearson PLC’s Penguin Group. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Business School.[3] He speaks four languages: English, French, Dutch, and German.[4]
Activities
Lynton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations[5] and the UK government's Film Policy Review group[6] and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art[7] and The Natural Resources Defense Council,[8] and the board of trustees of The Modern Times Group[9] and the Rand Corporation.[10]
In 2011, LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Lynton co-chairman of the blue ribbon commission set up to assess the viability of a new NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles.[11]
Following the departure of Chairman Walter Isaacson in February 2012, Lynton was named interim presiding governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, an independent agency of the United States government responsible for all non-military, international broadcasting sponsored by the U.S government.[12]
Career
Lynton joined The Walt Disney Company in 1987 and started Disney Publishing, where he launched Disney Adventures magazine. From 1992 to1996, he served as President of Disney’s Hollywood Pictures. Then, from 1996 to 2000, Lynton served as Chairman and CEO of Pearson plc’s Penguin Group, when he was noted in a profile in The New Yorker for his cultured taste along with a “regular-guy manner.”[13] In 2000, Lynton joined Time Warner where he served as CEO of AOL Europe, President of AOL International and President of Time Warner International.[14] During his tenure, AOL expanded into Asia and Latin America and became the world’s largest online Internet service, operating in 17 countries and eight languages.
In 2004, Lynton was named Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. By focusing on digital transformation, worldwide growth, content diversity and financial discipline, Lynton has led the studio through an era of innovation and success, putting Sony Pictures on the cutting edge of an industry experiencing rapid technological and global change.[15][16][17] [18]
Under the leadership of Lynton and Co-Chairman Amy Pascal, Sony Pictures' Motion Pictures Group has enjoyed a remarkable run in the past several years, releasing such hits as The Social Network, The Karate Kid, Salt, Grown Ups, Hancock, Quantum of Solace, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Julie & Julia, District 9, Michael Jackson's This Is It, and 2012. In 2011, the studio's major releases included The Smurfs®, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball, The Ides of March, Friends With Benefits and Midnight in Paris, among others, which garnered significant fan and critical acclaim. Sony Pictures is one of only two studios to generate more than $1 billion in domestic box office sales for each of the past ten years. Last year, the studio's successful slate of films generated more than $3 billion in worldwide box office revenues. The studio is currently poised to release such highly-anticipated films as The Amazing Spider-Man, Men in Black 3, the latest James Bond adventure Skyfall, and more.
Lynton spearheaded strategic acquisitions for the company including online video startup Grouper in 2007, Dutch TV production company 2waytraffic in 2008, and game show production company Embassy Row in 2009. Sony Pictures Television produces and distributes television programming for multiple platforms in the U.S. and around the world. Among the unit's popular and award-winning programs in the U.S. are Breaking Bad, Justified, Happy Endings and The Big C, reality series like Shark Tank, The Sing-Off and Re-Modeled, as well as top-ranked game shows and daytime dramas, including Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! , The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives. Launched with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, The Dr. Oz Show is one of the most popular syndicated programs in America. The Dr. Oz format has also been exported to Russia, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Colombia, Chile, Brazil and China (where for the first time a Hollywood studio is producing a talk show for Chinese television). Internationally, the studio's television channel network includes 120 channel feeds in more than 159 countries reaching approximately 543 million households worldwide. SPT is a leader in local language production around the world, producing shows in approximately 70 countries. SPT also operates Crackle, which is one of the top online video networks in the U.S. and expanding internationally.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment continues to be one of the leaders in DVD and Blu-ray Disc distribution in the world, and is rapidly expanding its digital distribution business. Sony Pictures Digital Productions is home to Imageworks, the only major studio Academy Award-winning in-house visual effects unit, and Sony Pictures Animation, which produced the 3D hit, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Sony Pictures has also been an industry leader in the migration to digital entertainment from production to distribution as well as the introduction of new formats. The studio has been a champion of the industry's UltraViolet format so that consumers can more easily collect entertainment content digitally. The studio has helped re-introduce 3D to the entertainment industry, with 3D productions at Imageworks, creation of Blu-ray 3D™ Discs, the establishment of a 3D television channel with Discovery and IMAX, and the creation of the Sony 3D Technology Center on the lot in Culver City, which has trained more than 3,000 professionals in the making of quality 3D content.
Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal have made significant advances in environmental sustainability at Sony Pictures. The studio is the first and only certified to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS). The duo led the development of two Green Building Council Leadership in Engineering and Design (LEED) certified buildings on the studio’s Culver City lot. Sony Pictures has received numerous honors from the Environmental Media Association for sustainable filmmaking as well as community recognition from TreePeople and Habitat for Humanity for its green practices and volunteerism.[19][1]
On March 21, 2012, it was reported that Lynton will become the CEO of Sony Corporation of America. [20]
References
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- ^ "Sony Officially Names Michael Lynton CEO of Sony Corp. of America". Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-michael-lynton-ceo-305915. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
- ^ Weinstein, Joshua L. (2012-02-13). "Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton to Head Federal Broadcasting Board of Governors". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/idUS167738417120120213. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Michael Lynton". Huffingtonpost.com. 2009-05-26. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-lynton. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ "Membership Roster - Council on Foreign Relations". Cfr.org. http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=L. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "U.K. Film Industry Gets Commercial Clarion Call From Prime Minister David Cameron". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-11-17. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uk-film-industry-david-cameron-280462. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Overview". LACMA. http://www.lacma.org/overview. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". NRDC. http://www.nrdc.org/about/board.asp. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Board of Directors - Corporate Governance - MTG". Mtg.se. http://www.mtg.se/en/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". RAND. 2012-01-25. http://www.rand.org/about/organization/randtrustees.html. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Downtown L.A. NFL stadium | Our Weekly - Black News | African American News | Black Entertainment | Black America". Our Weekly. 2011-02-01. http://ourweekly.com/los-angeles/downtown-la-nfl-stadium. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Michael Lynton". Bbg.gov. 2010-07-02. http://www.bbg.gov/about-the-agency/board/michael-lynton/. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "The New Yorker Digital Edition : Mar 30, 1998". Archives.newyorker.com. http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1998-03-30#folio=048. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Michael Lynton Named President of AOL International | Business Wire". Find Articles. 2000-01-05. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Jan_5/ai_58431047/. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ Lynton, Michael (2007-09-04). "Globalization and Cultural Diversity - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB118885657159716199,00.html%3Fmod%3Dopinion%26ojcontent%3Dotep. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Sony Pictures third studio to grow revenue, operating income last quarter - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2010-02-04. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/sony-pictures-third-studio-to-grow-revenue-operating-income-last-quarter.html. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ Leiberman, David. "Executive Editor". Deadline New York. http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/sony-pictures-swings-to-profit-in-3q-while-parent-company-forecasts-1-2b-fy-loss/.
- ^ "Sony Pictures swings to profit, thanks in large measure to TV side - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2009-07-30. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/sony-pictures-swings-to-profit-thanks-to-sale-of-part-of-its-stake-in-gsn.html. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "A Greener World". Sony Pictures. http://www.sonypictures.com/green/. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Hollywood Deadline" Michael Lynton To Run All Sony U.S. Biz: But Can He Save The Company From Itself? deadline.com Retrieved on March 22, 2012
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