Ascent Media Group (“AMG”), a leading provider of fully integrated, end-to-end services for the global digital media supply chain, today announced the appointments of Emily Keeton, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development; Adam Poulter, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Account Management; and Staci Miller, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. All are based at the company’s Santa Monica, Calif., headquarters.
“The media landscape is rapidly changing and Ascent is at the epicenter of this transformation. We are moving aggressively to deliver the most value to our clients and to seize the major new opportunities we see ahead in the digital media space,” said Jose Royo, CEO of Ascent Media Group. “These new appointments are central to our efforts, as well as to forging new worldwide growth opportunities for AMG.”
Emily Keeton, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Emily will lead AMG’s corporate M&A initiatives, partnerships and strategy development and will collaborate with business units across regional and functional areas. She comes to AMG from Credit Suisse, where she served as a Managing Director in its Investment Banking division, working on various financing and strategic transactions for media and entertainment companies. Emily sits on the Board of Directors of Row New York. She received her B.A. from Columbia University and holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
Adam Poulter, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Account Management
Adam will manage AMG’s worldwide sales organization. He will work closely with Corporate Development on creating and executing growth initiatives in new geographies and market segments. Adam comes to AMG from Red Bee Media, where he served as Executive Commercial Director. Prior to Red Bee, Adam held various senior international management positions at search marketing company Miva (Europe) LTD, the cinema division of Carlton Communications in London, and the start up of Screenvision in New York.
Staci Miller, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Staci is developing strategies for delivering multi-platform strategic solutions to advertisers. Prior to joining AMG, Staci served as Vice President of Strategy and Operations for Warner Bros. Online. Staci also spent five years at McKinsey & Company, where she primarily focused on media and entertainment clients, particularly with digital media interests. Staci received a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
About Ascent Media Group
Santa Monica, California-based Ascent Media Group, LLC (www.ascentmedia.com) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascent Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCMA), which provides creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries. Through more than 40 facilities in regions of Southern California, New York, Atlanta, London and Singapore, Ascent Media provides effective solutions for the creation, management and distribution of content to major motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies and other companies that produce, own and/or distribute entertainment, news, sports, corporate, educational, industrial and advertising content.
Ascent Media Group Gail Laguna 818-260-6229 glaguna@ascentmedia.com
“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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