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RYAN BARNCASTLE FEATUREDIN VARIETY MAGAZINE 2014DEALMAKERS IMPACT REPORTDecember 10, 2014by Cynthia Littleton (Ryan Barncastle mentioned)See attached PDF to view the full article (Note: article islocated on the second page). Thank you.
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People & Companies
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48, 50, 9682, 84, 9496, 9888, 99, 1305464, 7853, 69, 76,
84, 89, 91-
94, 134
87, 996948, 81, 96,
130-136
54, 56, 61130, 136
AAbramson, Chris 62
Af leck, Ben 94
Alibaba 78
All3Media 54-56
Allen, Woody 29
Amazon 140
AMC Networks 61
Anchor Bay
Entertainment 134
Anderson, Anthony 116
Anderson, Blake 106
Anderson, Wes 86, 94
Andreasen, Erik 66
Ansari, Aziz 101-103
Assange, Julian 46
Ayer, David 85
BBaldwin, Alec 29
Bale, Christian 38, 94
Barncastle, Ryan J. 70
Barris, Kenya 116
Bateman, Jason 112
BBC 45
Beers, Betsy 148
Benton, Robert 91-92
Berg, Alec 118
Bezos, Je� 140
Black, Daniel H. 60
Bloom, Orlando 39
Bo, Armando 84
Bonner, Michael 129-130
Bovell, Andrew 82
Boyle, Danny 46
Brearton, Chris 61
Brett, Paul 60
Brittenham, Skip 61
Bruington, Nancy 61
Buress, Hannibal 112
Burnett, Mark 54-56
CC.K., Louis 116
Calabrese, Joe 61
Cameron, James 91-92
Campbell, Bruce 61
Carell, Steve 38
Carey, Chase 76
Carloss, Alex 142
Carlton, Timothy 48
Carroll, Ed 61
Cates, Gil 122
Chandor, J.C. 98
Chatham & Hogan 61
Chatham, Christopher 61
Chayefsky, Paddy 98
Chazelle, Damien 82, 98
Cheadle, Don 147
Cheeks, George 61
Chen, Joan 38
City National Bank 64
Clark, Bill 134
Coen, Ethan 89
Coen, Joel 89
Coltrane, Ellar 38
Columbia 67, 75
Comcast 130-134
Conner, Lindsay 61
Coogler, Ryan 91, 98
Coon, Carrie 94
Cooper, Jay L. 62
Core Media Group 54
Cosby, Bill 29
Crosby, Bing 29
Crystal, Billy 108
Cuaron, Alfonso 91
Cuddy, Christine 62
Cumberbatch,
Benedict 39, 45
DDalton, Stephanie 64
Davidson, Gordon 28
Dawson, Shane 119
De Chauveron,
Philippe 119
DeFelice, Jim 86
Del, Ernie 75
Deloitte 142
Dempsey, Patrick 146
Denton-Howes, Nigel 153
Devine, Adam 106
Dey, Thomas 54, 64
Diaz, Cameron 39
DiCaprio, Leonardo 46
Dinelaris Jr., Alexander 84
Dinelaris, Alexander 38
Dolan, Xavier 98
Dominik, Andrew 94
Dosani, Sachin 64
Douglas, Anne 28
Douglas, Kirk 170
Duncan-Smith, Eden 39
Dunham, Je� 112
Dunham, Lena 116
Dunn, Mike 134
Duplass, Jay 83
Duplass, Mark 83
DuVernay, Ava 98
Dylan, Bob 88
EEdgerton, Joel 38, 94
Edwards, Brian 64
Eichner, Billy 108
Emanuel, Craig 64
Endemol 54
Erramouspe, Matthew 64
Eyeworks 54-56, 61, 138
FFarahani, Golshifteh 38
Farrelly, Bobby 119
Farrelly, Peter 119
Felker Toczek
Suddleson 62, 78
Felleman, Susanna 64
Fey, Tina 106
Fincher, David 94
Finkel, David 86
Fishburne, Laurence 116
Fisher, Ruth 64
Flea 146
Flixter 138
Flynn, Colleen 153
Flynn, Gillian 89
Fogelson, Noah 76
Forssell, Andy 153
Fox Rothschild 75-76
Rosario Dawson 37
Fox Searchlight 86, 94,
99
Frank, Scott 87
Fraser, Noreen 104
Freeman, Martin 39
Frot-Coutaz, Cecile 56
Frye, E. Max 84
Fusco, John 38, 50
Futterman, Dan 84
GGaiman, Neil 81
Galsor, Matt 66
Gendler & Kelly 66
Gendler, Michael 66
Gewecke, Thomas 134,
138
Giacobone, Nicolas 84
Gilroy, Dan 87
Ginsburg, Lev 66
Glazer, Ilana 106
Gleeson, Brendan 39
Gluck, Will 39
Gold, Nina 50
Goldberg, Evan 119
Google Play 134
Grammer, Kelsey 29
Granier, Jorge 67
Grant, Cary 28
Gray, Richard 64
Greenberg Traurig 60,
62, 69, 76
Greenberg, Richard 84
Greenfield, Luke 116
Grey, Brad 38
Grif in, Kathy 114
Gugenheim, D.J. 72
Guinness, Hugo 86
Gumpert, Andrew 67
Half Yard
Entertainment 54
HHall, Jason Dean 86
Hamm, Jon 37
Handler, Chelsea 110
Hao, Ning 118
Harrelson, Woody 46
Hart, Kevin 114
Hawking, Jane 80, 87
Hawking, Stephen 80, 87
Haymer, Robert 61
Hill, Jonah 108
Hillenbrand, Laura 89
Hogan Lovells 67
Holm, Anders 106
Hornby, Nick 80, 88
Horowitz, Jimmy 39
Howard, Ron 91-92
Huayi Bros. 78
Hulu 140
Hunt, Carolyn 72
Hunter, Sophie 46
Hurwitz, Andrew 67
IJIannucci, Armando 108
Ice Cube 112
IFC Films 83, 92
Inarritu, Alejandro G. 84,
91
ITV Studios 54-56
Jackson, Michael 122
Jackson, Peter 39
Jacobs, Jesse 67
Jacobson, Abbi 106
Jacobson, Alan 89
Jef rey, Sheri 67
Jehelman, Eric 85
Jolie, Angelina 152
Jones, Tommy Lee 96
Judge, Mike 118
KKaku, Michio 88
Kaner, Mark 69
Katz, Joel A. 69
Kazan, Wayne 69
Keaton, Michael 37
Kelly, Kevin 66
Kelly, Richard 94
Kern, Richie 153
Key, Keegan-Michael 114
Keys, Bobby 153
Kilvert, Lilly 50
Kim, Claudia 38
King, Michael Patrick 118
Knightley, Keira 39, 46
Korer, Jo 50
Kreiz, Ynon 69
Kudrow, Lisa 118
Kyle, Chris 86
LLaGravenese, Richard 89
Lancaster, Burt 28
Lanin, Ari 69
Lapine, James 81
Lawrence, Bill 108
Le Carre, John 82
Leakes, NeNe 75
Leonsis, Ted 69
Lesher, John 38
Levy, David 69
Lieb, Josh 114
Lilly, Evangeline 39
Lionsgate 82, 98, 130
Litt, Stefan 67
Loeb & Loeb 64, 72, 76
Lombardini, Carol A. 70
Lord, Phil 119
Lorre, Chuck 110
Lotus Entertainment 72
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia 108
Lovett, Sarah 82
MMa, Jack 78
Ma, Pony 78
Madatian, Jasmine 153
Magical Elves 54
Magnussen, Billy 96
Maguire, Dennis 130
Maker Studios 69
Malhotra, Namit 70
Manwaring, Tom 64
Marcus, Ann 153
Marinelli, Janice 130-134
Marsh, James 99
Marshall, Rob 96
Richard Linklater 9283
Marvel 48
Masuda, Kevin S. 70
Maxwell, Tony 153
Mayerson, Mickey 72
McAvoy, James 46
McCarten, Anthony 80,
87
McCarthy, Melissa 118
McConaughey,
Matthew 46
McCumber, Chris 72
McEwan, Scott 86
McGrath, Tom 76
McKellen, Ian 39
Mendelsohn, Michael 72
MGM 54, 170
Michaels, Lorne 116
Miller, Bennett 38, 94
Miller, Chris 119
Miller, Darrell 75
Miller, Johnny Lee 46
Minahan, Daniel 38, 50
Mirisch, Walter 28
Mischer, Don 121-124
Mitte, RJ 152
Montgomery, Brent 56
Moonves, Jon 75
Moore, Graham 46, 80
Moore, Schuyler 75
Mota, Bethany 142
Mulcahy, Ben 75
Murdoch, James 76
Murdoch, Rupert 29
Murphy, George 153
Myers, Dan 153
NNanjiani, Kumail 116
Naze, Stephane 153
Netflix 50, 76, 140
Newacheck, Kyle 106
Nichols, Je� 99
Nicholson, William 89
Nolan, Christopher 88
Nolan, Jonathan 88
Novak, Jan 86
OO’Brien, Margaret 153
Oldman, Gary 46
Oliver, John 114
One Three Media 54
Open Road 87
PPark, Randall 27
Pascal, Amy 39
Paull, Michael 140
Peele, Jordan 114
Pejic, Alex 153
Penn, Sean 29
Peretti, Chelsea 110
Perry, Katy 62
Phoenix, Joaquin 152
Pike, Rosamund 94
Chris Pine 96
Plame, Valerie 82
Poehler, Amy 106
Polanski, Roman 29
Pratt, Chris 39
Prime Focus 70
RRaines Feldman 70
Ratner, Brett 136
Redford, Robert 98
Reeves, Matt 92
Reinhorn, Holiday 152
Richelmy, Lorenzo 38, 50
Ridley, John 84
Rihanna 152
Robertson, Phil 29
Robinov, Je� 76
Rock, Chris 37, 38, 99,
110
Rodriguez, Gina 110
Rogen, Seth 119
Ronning, Joachim 51
Rosenberg, Billy 153
Rosenbloum, Bobby 76
Roskam, Michael 96
Ross, Gary 99
Rotten Tomatoes 138
RTL
FremantleMedia 54-56
SSalle, Jerome 85
Salsano, SallyAnn 54-56
Saltzman, Stephen L. 76
Samberg, Andy 108
Sanders, Ron 138
Sarandos, Ted 38, 76
Scharf, Stephen 64
Schilling, Carl 29
Schumer, Amy 38, 106
Schur, Mike 101-103,
118
Scott, Ridley 38, 92
Seger, Bob 88
Seidler, David 87
Seinfeld, Jerry 38, 112
Serkis, Andy 39
Shakira 147
Shapiro, Evan 153
Shaw, Nina 75
Shelton, Lynn 94
Shelton, Ron 96
Shine Group 54
Siegel, Amy 77
Silverman, Sarah 119
Simon, Jody 76
Simonds, Robert 76
Skipper, John 69
Slate, Jenny 38
Smith, Will 39
Snow, Cheryl 76
Soloway, Jill 114
Sondheim, Stephen 81
Spall, Timothy 39
Spears, Nancy 130
Spivak, Jason 129-130
Staf ord, Nick 85
Stearns, Brian 78
Stoller, Nick 118
Stone, Aaron 76
Strayed, Cheryl 80, 88
Streep, Meryl 81
Strong, Mark 39
Studio 8 76
STX Entertainment 76
Sugawara, Bunta 153
Suster, Mark 77
Swank, Hilary 96
Swinton, Tilda 38
TTambor, Je� rey 112
Target Ticket 130
Tatum, Channing 108
TBS 104
Tencent 78
The Chernin Group 67
Thomas, Nicholas 116
Thompson, Emma 39
Thompson, Matthew 78
Thompson, Tessa 38
Thorsen, Wayne 78
Time Warner 54
Timmons, Daniel 78
Tinopolis 54-56
Tobey, Bruce 64
Toczek, Fred 78
TPG Capital 60
Tsujihara, Kevin 138
Turen, Kevin 153
Turing, Alan 80, 98
Tyldum, Morten 46, 96
UVUlrich, Lars 82
Underhill, Nick 153
Union Patriot Capital 72
Union, Gabrielle 38
United Artists Media
Group 64
Upfront Ventures 77
USA Network 72
Vallee, Jean-Marc 99
Valverde, Maria 38
Ventham, Wanda 48
Vereen, Ben 38
Viacom 78
Voight, Jon 29
WXYZWallis, Quvenzhane 39
Walter, Jess 88
Wang, Dennis
Zhongjun 78
Wang, James Zhonglei 78
Wasserman, Lew 28
Watts, Sophie 76
Weaver, Jason 119
Webb, Marc 91
Weinstein, Harvey 38, 48
West, Kayne 38
Westcott, Kevin 142
Whitehead, Glenn 78
Wildhack, John 69
Willhite, Marty 79
Wilson, Rainn 152
Wilson, Sylvia 153
Wise, Michael 153
Witherspoon, Reese 99
Wolf, Bryan 61
Wong, Benedict 50
Wright, Edgar 99
Yip, Tim 50
Yorn, Kevin 79
Yost, Graham 89
Younger, Steve 79
YouTube 142
Yune, Rick 38
Zepp, Jonathan 134
Zif ren Brittenham 61
Zweig, Stefan 86
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Buyout Binge: Consolidation Sweeps Reality TV Looking for scale, global conglomerates buy production companies By Cynthia Littleton
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Your friends and colleagues at
AOL. At ESPN since 1997, Skipper, who is also co-
chairman of Disney Media Networks, recently
orchestrated long-term deals for baseball, college
football and U.S. Open Tennis. Wildhack joined
ESPN in 1980 soon after the cable network was
launched. He started in production and moved
up the ranks. Switching to Turner Broadcasting
in 1986, Levy oversees Turner Sports, TBS, TNT,
Turner Classic Movies, truTV, Cartoon Network,
Boomerang and Adult Swim.
CAROL A. LOMBARDINIPRESIDENT
ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURE
& TELEVISION PRODUCERS
When actors, writers and
directors each concluded
major movie/television
contracts this year, the
growing trend of sharing
economic information paved
the way for labor peace. Management and labor
evaluated and commented on the other side’s
core industry data. “This informs our bargaining,”
says Lombardini, who is chief negotiator for 80
U.S. and Canada labor agreements, and a board
member for multi-employer benefit plans.
She joined AMPTP when it was formed back
in 1982 in legal a�airs, rising first to exec VP, legal
and business a�airs and general counsel, and then
to president in 2009.
NAMIT MALHOTRAFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
AND GLOBAL CEO
PRIME FOCUS
To ride out rough patches in the
visual e�ects business, Prime
Focus sought a broader scale by
merging with Double Negative
and then Reliance MediaWorks.
Malhotra recalls lining up
approvals from regulators, shareholders and stock
exchanges in India and the U.K. “in a highly-
synchronized manner” over just weeks. Publicly
traded Prime Focus now sports 20 locations
generating $300 million in annual sales. Malhotra
founded Prime Focus in India in 1995 and
expanded to Hollywood by 2008.
KEVIN S. MASUDAPARTNER
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON
Apple paid $3 billion for Beats’
music businesses, whose
ownership is a mix of
entrepreneurs, including Dr. Dre,
and financiers. Masuda repped
Beats for early money-raising
and the Apple sale. “It is the balancing of the need
for capital in the growth stage, the desire to retain
control and the manner of the ultimate exit,” says
Masuda. “It’s a delicate dance.”
Ryan J. Barncastle
Partner,
Raines Feldman
Barncastle reaches
for his “startup tool
kit” when fashioning
the legal foundation
for enterprises
like horror-mogul
Eli Roth’s “The
Crypt.” That means
attaching intellectual
property rights to
the startup, defining
rights/authority
of executives
and familiarizing
management
with corporate
governance. “You
(also) want to avoid
granting complex
rights or preferences
to founders and/
or early investors
that would impede
subsequent
investment,”
Barncastle says.
His practice covers
finance and M&A.
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The pact optimizes for today but also future-proofs ... by creating this OTT agreement.” Ted Leonsis
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RYAN BARNCASTLEon being named to Variety’s 2014
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Profiles by: Robert Marich
approvals for products, licensees, board members
and future funders. “When you have a rocket ship
like Ellen, things can go anywhere,” Yorn notes. ED
also avoids conflicts with DeGeneres’ separate
endorsement deals and talkshow. Burch Creative
Capital provides financing. Yorn also represents
Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana and producer
Anthony Zuiker, and specializes in startup
companies.
STEVE YOUNGER PARTNER
MYMAN GREENSPAN FINEMAN FOX
ROSENBERG & LIGHT
Dealmakers negotiate
compensation for Hollywood
talent from platforms that just a
few years ago were
unimaginable. “For example,
people might be surprised at
how much revenue can be generated even by
in-app purchases from free games” based on TV/
entertainment properties, says Younger. Emerging
talents leverage their audience metrics from digital
platforms to land contracts in mainstream media.
His clients include four “Saturday Night Live” cast
members/writers, voice actor Dan Castellaneta for
“The Simpsons,” and “Divergent” trilogy novelist
Veronica Roth.
1983, Whitehead negotiates for original programs
such as the “Westworld” pilot and with Amazon
for HBO’s first domestic subscription-VOD pact.
MARTY WILLHITECOO AND GENERAL COUNSEL
LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT
How to avoid hand-cu�ing two
forward-thinking companies in a
deal? Willhite counsels building
two tracks, as Softbank’s $250
million-$1 billion equity
investment in Legendary
Entertainment is accompanied by a side joint
venture focused on China and India. “It makes the
relationship a ‘living’ one with the ability to
evolve,” he says of the venture. Willhite joined
Legendary in 2011 from private law practice,
working on the William Morris Endeavor merger
and repping the principals of Spyglass
Entertainment when they sold to MGM.
KEVIN YORNFOUNDING PARTNER
MORRIS YORN BARNES LEVINE KRINTZMAN
RUBENSTEIN KOHNER & GELLMAN
Yorn set up and had to
future-proof Ellen DeGeneres’
lifestyle brand ED (pronounced
“Ed”). That meant ensuring
DeGeneres gets right of
REPPING THE TOP
Morris Yorn’s
Kevin Yorn
negotiated the ED
brand deal for
Ellen DeGeneres,
far left. Felker
Toczek’s Fred
Toczek has
a client list
that includes
Seth Rogen,
above right,
and Shailene
Woodley, left.