- Generate LA-NY
Generate is a Los Angeles-based entertainment studio that produces content for distribution across mediums, including the
Internet ,television ,film ,video games ,mobile devices andbooks . The company completed a $6 millionSeries A round of funding backed by Velocity Interactive Group andMK Capital in March 2008, in addition to naming co-founding partner Jordan LevinCEO . Levin was formerly CEO of TheWB . [cite web |url=http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-generate-gets-6-million-funding-from-velocity-and-mk/ |title=Generate Gets $6 Million Funding From Velocity And MK |accessdate=2008-07-29 |work=PaidContent.org |date=2008-03-04 ] Generate opened an office in New York City in June 2008. [http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=generate061808.htm]According to Levin Generate's business model is "about trying to syndicate [content] out to as many sites as possible and at the same time allow an advertiser or sponsor to travel with that content as it migrates across platforms." [cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981872.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1&query=jordan+levin |title=Generate taps Levin for CEO |accessdate=2008-07-29 |work=Variety |date=2008-03-04 ]
Generate also has a management arm that represents
entertainers includingPatton Oswalt ,Brian Posehn ,Al Madrigal ,Adam Rifkin ,Arj Barker andJon Reep . [cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981872.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1&query=jordan+levin |title=Generate taps Levin for CEO |accessdate=2008-07-29 |work=Variety |date=2008-03-04 ]On August 19, 2008, Generate debuted "Republicrats" in partnership with
MSN [cite web |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/digital-downloads/broadband/e3ie2e24571645310cb8e4c17d02b922220 |title=MSN Bows New Comedy Series Republicrats |accessdate=2008-08-19 |work=MediaWeek |date=2008-08-19 ] . The Web series "follows the comedic presidential aspirations of Sean Masterson. Masterson’s political platform is his lack of one. His character doesn’t harbor any of those pesky strong opinions on topics of the day. There will be 24 episodes of Republicrats with new episodes launching twice a week" untilElection Day 2008 [cite web |url=http://newteevee.com/2008/08/18/will-you-vote-republicrat/#more-6950 |title=Will You Vote Republicrat? |accessdate=2008-08-19 |work=NewTeeVee |date=2008-08-19 ] . Generate produced "Republicrats," which is hosted on MSN. [http://originals.msn.com/republicrats/]Other projects currently in production include "Chocolate News" with
David Alan Grier , premiering onComedy Central [cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982938.html?categoryid=1300&cs=1 |title=Comedy Central craves 'Chocolate' |accessdate=2008-07-29 |work=Variety |date=2008-03-26 ] in October 2008, [cite web |url=http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/an-equal-opportunity-news-parody/?scp=2&sq=%22chocolate%20news%22&st=cse |title=An Equal-Opportunity News Parody |accessdate=2008-07-29 |work=New York Times Blog TV Decoder |publisher=New York Times |date=2008-07-10 ] as well as Pink: The Series [http://pinktheseries.com/] , aWeb series about a female assassin played byNatalie Raitano . [cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6538138.html?q=%22Jordan+levin%22 |title=Jordan Levin-Led Generate Generates $6M in Financing |accessdate=2008-07-29 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2008-03-05 ]References
External links
* [http://www.generatela.com/ Official site]
* [http://pinktheseries.com/ Pink: The Series official site]
* [http://originals.msn.com/republicrats/ Republicrats official site]
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