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Board Observer
2019
About Team Whistle:
Team Whistle is a DAZN Group sports and entertainment media company built to engage and activate today’s generation, wherever they consume content globally. As a pioneer in data-driven content creation and distribution, Whistle has a positive and relatable original content slate of 50+ shows and a creator network that generates over four billion views per month across digital and social platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. With these deep ties social and streaming platforms, Team Whistle’s internal agency “MAGNET,” provides platform-first content strategies to brands, leagues and platforms to attract audiences and create revenue opportunities.
Board Observer
2018
Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, is the leading free streaming television service delivering hundreds of live linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience. The Emmy ® award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels, in partnership with over 400 international media companies, offering a wide array of genres, languages and categories featuring movies, television series, sports, news, lifestyle, kids and much more. Pluto TV can be easily accessed and streamed across mobile, web and connected TV devices.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Pluto TV’s growing international footprint extends across three continents and over 35 markets.
We are always looking for the brightest new talent to join us on our mission of entertaining the planet. Check out the Pluto TV careers section for currently open roles.
Board Observer
2018
Food52 is a next-generation cooking and home company that was named one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company in 2022, with a monthly reach of more than 30 million people. From the beginning, the brand challenged the models of traditional media companies and retailers, combining content, commerce, and community around the belief that the kitchen is the heart of the home and food is the center of a well-lived life. Food52 connects a global community of experts and amateurs, supporting them with inspirational, useful content — recipes, videos, podcasts, cookbooks and more — and outfitting them with products that make them happy. In addition to a highly curated Shop representing hundreds of makers, the Food52 community of brands includes its in-house product line Five Two, lighting and lifestyle goods company Schoolhouse, and the heritage home brand DANSK.
Board Observer
2018
Refinery29 is a global media and entertainment company focused on celebrating women, their diverse voices and experiences. We tell stories through multiple channels and content categories — from articles to social media, events to short films, 29Rooms to TV. We aim to be a catalyst for women to feel, see, and claim their power.
Board Observer
2017
We created Philo to build a better TV experience. Get 60+ of your favorite TV channels, unlimited DVR, and streaming on multiple devices- all without a traditional cable subscription.
With Philo, you'll get all the programming from top-rated channels, including A&E, AMC, Discovery Channel, Comedy Central, Food Network, Hallmark, HGTV, TLC, VH1, WEtv and many more!
Give Philo a spin before subscribing, start your 7-day free trial today. www.philo.tv
Board Member
2016
The award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast from Curiosity.com will help you get smarter about the world around you — every day. In less than 10 minutes, you’ll get a unique mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and more. Discovery’s Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer will help you learn about your mind and body, outer space and the depths of the sea, and how history shaped the world into what it is today.
We hope you make Curiosity Daily part of your daily digital diet. Never stop learning!
Board Member
2016
New Form is an entertainment studio that redefines how stories are developed, packaged and distributed. New Form empowers creators and audiences to produce original narratives that transcend traditional categories and platforms. Watch New Form series on a variety of global outlets, including CW’s The Seed, Refinery29, Fullscreen and go90. Learn more at NewForm.com or follow us @NewForm.
Board Observer
2016
FloSports is a global independent sports media company delivering live events, award-winning original content, always-on social experiences, and comprehensive sports data solutions to passionate and underserved sports communities interested in more than 25 different sports including motorsports, wrestling, grappling, hockey, cheer, track & field, along with a wide array of NCAA athletics.
Board Observer
2015
Lumosity is a leading brain training program, brought to you by Lumos Labs, Inc. Lumosity’s web and mobile games are designed by scientists to challenge core cognitive abilities.
Lumosity’s scientists take neuropsychological and cognitive research tasks, or design new ones, and work with game designers to transform them into 50+ cognitive games. Designed to be both fun and adaptively challenging, Lumosity’s training program is accessible to people of all ages — helping them stay challenged to the full extent of their abilities.
Lumos Labs also has a collaborative research initiative, the Human Cognition Project, which currently partners with over 90 university collaborators. Through the HCP, we grant qualified researchers free access to Lumosity’s cognitive training tasks, assessments, research tools, and, in some cases, limited access to data on cognitive task performance — helping them conduct larger, faster, and more efficient studies. For more information, please visit http://www.lumosity.com/hcp
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2019
Board Observer
2019
About Team Whistle:
Team Whistle is a DAZN Group sports and entertainment media company built to engage and activate today’s generation, wherever they consume content globally. As a pioneer in data-driven content creation and distribution, Whistle has a positive and relatable original content slate of 50+ shows and a creator network that generates over four billion views per month across digital and social platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. With these deep ties social and streaming platforms, Team Whistle’s internal agency “MAGNET,” provides platform-first content strategies to brands, leagues and platforms to attract audiences and create revenue opportunities.
2018
Board Observer
2018
Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, is the leading free streaming television service delivering hundreds of live linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience. The Emmy ® award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels, in partnership with over 400 international media companies, offering a wide array of genres, languages and categories featuring movies, television series, sports, news, lifestyle, kids and much more. Pluto TV can be easily accessed and streamed across mobile, web and connected TV devices.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Pluto TV’s growing international footprint extends across three continents and over 35 markets.
We are always looking for the brightest new talent to join us on our mission of entertaining the planet. Check out the Pluto TV careers section for currently open roles.
Board Observer
2018
Food52 is a next-generation cooking and home company that was named one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company in 2022, with a monthly reach of more than 30 million people. From the beginning, the brand challenged the models of traditional media companies and retailers, combining content, commerce, and community around the belief that the kitchen is the heart of the home and food is the center of a well-lived life. Food52 connects a global community of experts and amateurs, supporting them with inspirational, useful content — recipes, videos, podcasts, cookbooks and more — and outfitting them with products that make them happy. In addition to a highly curated Shop representing hundreds of makers, the Food52 community of brands includes its in-house product line Five Two, lighting and lifestyle goods company Schoolhouse, and the heritage home brand DANSK.
Board Observer
2018
Refinery29 is a global media and entertainment company focused on celebrating women, their diverse voices and experiences. We tell stories through multiple channels and content categories — from articles to social media, events to short films, 29Rooms to TV. We aim to be a catalyst for women to feel, see, and claim their power.
2017
Board Observer
2017
We created Philo to build a better TV experience. Get 60+ of your favorite TV channels, unlimited DVR, and streaming on multiple devices- all without a traditional cable subscription.
With Philo, you'll get all the programming from top-rated channels, including A&E, AMC, Discovery Channel, Comedy Central, Food Network, Hallmark, HGTV, TLC, VH1, WEtv and many more!
Give Philo a spin before subscribing, start your 7-day free trial today. www.philo.tv
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