On the heels of Daniel Laikind being tapped to succeed Charlie Corwin as CEO of Original Media, Cris Abrego has found his own successor for 51 Minds. In October, 51 Minds CEO Abrego and Original Media CEO Corwin were named Co-Chairmen and Co-ceo of Endemol North America. Endemol acquired Abrego and Mark Cronin’s 51 Minds in 2008, after Corwin’s Original Media was added in 2007. Christian Sarabia now has been named President of 51 Minds. Cronin, the Co-Founder of 51 Minds Entertainment, exits his Managing Director position to launch a new production company, Little Wooden Boat Productions. Cronin will continue to serve as Executive Producer on several projects that he sold and shepherded at 51 Minds, including Below Deck (Bravo), Heroes of CosPlay (Syfy), and Mind of a Man (Gsn). “Mark is one of the most prolific producers in the unscripted space,” Abrego said. “His creative instincts have been the driving force behind his extraordinary success.
- 1/28/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Producer Daniel Laikind has been tapped to succeed Charlie Corwin as CEO of Original Media. The post had been vacant since October, when Corwin was named co-chairman and co-ceo of Original parent company Endemol North America. Laikind will oversee reality development, including first-run unscripted cable television programming. He will be based in Original Media’s New York office. “Daniel has had a profound impact on the unscripted genre in both long form and short form and is known for creating edgy, quality content,” Corwin said. “I love his work.” Laikind co-founded Stick Figure Productions, where he served as President of Development and Production, overseeing such series as Amish In The City (Upn), #1 Single With Lisa Loeb (E!), Family Bonds (HBO) and Kimora: Life In The Fab Lane (Style). In 2013, Stick Figure was sold to Ora.tv. Original Media’s portfolio includes Ink Master (Spike), Comic Book Men (AMC), La Ink...
- 1/23/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Three months after Endemol North America tapped Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin co-CEOs, the latter has tapped Daniel Laikind to oversee Original Media. Laikind has been tapped CEO of Original Media, the company formerly overseen by Corwin. In his new role, Laikind -- co-founder of Stick Figure Productions -- will oversee all reality-based content creation, including first-run unscripted cable programming, for the company. He'll be based in Original Media's New York office and begin immediately. Story: Endemol North America Taps Cris Abrego, Charlie Corwin as Co-CEOs "Daniel has had a profound impact on the unscripted genre
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- 1/23/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We have the poster as well as images and the trailer from HBO's "No One Dies in Lily Dale." The documentary is helmed by Steven Cantor and airs on July 5th at 9:00 p.m. Produced by Steven Cantor, Terry Clark, Daniel Laikind and Bradley J. Levin. Located just south of Buffalo, tiny Lily Dale, NY, is home to the world’s largest concentration of mediums, people who claim to be able to communicate with spirits of the deceased. Every year, thousands of visitors from all over the world flock to this quaint Victorian community to have their questions answered and grief assuaged. Directed by Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Steven Cantor (HBO’s “Devil’s Playground”), "No One Dies in Lily Dale" follows visitors...
- 7/8/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
UPN closed out the Television Critics Assn. winter press tour on Sunday with one of the more out-there reality program announcements of the three dozen or so broadcast and cable networks that were presented during the two-week junket at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Amish in the City, as the project has been dubbed internally at the network (but not on-air, executives assure) aims to follow five Amish teens as they experience their culture's traditional rite of Rumspringa, UPN entertainment president Dawn Ostroff said. The ritual calls for young Amish adults to leave insulated Pennsylvania Dutch communities to explore the outside world and discover whether they want to commit to the Amish way of life. It was the subject of the 2002 documentary Devil's Playground, and its producers Daniel Laikind and Steven Canton, are executive producing the reality series for New Line Television along with Amazing Race alumnus Jon Kroll.
- 1/19/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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