SnagFilms Acquires indieWIRE, the Leading News, Information, and Social Networking Site for the International Independent Film Community
2008-07-17 10:50:22
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and dubbed “best indie crossroads” by film critic Roger Ebert. Branded
“a must read” by Variety, indieWIRE was highlighted as
one of the best entertainment web sites by Vanity Fair.
Recent partnerships include coverage of film festivals with AMC TV,
an ongoing series of conversations with filmmakers at Apple Stores
around the country, print dailies published in conjunction with the
Marched du Film at the annual Cannes Film Festival, and daily news in
a special movie section at Yahoo.com.
Background on SnagFilms: SnagFilms
features free ad-supported viewing of hundreds of award-winning titles
from some of the greatest names in documentary film production and
distribution, including PBS, National Geographic, Sundance Preserve,
IndiePix, Peter Jennings Productions, Arts Alliance America, ITVS, Koch
Lorber Films, and many others. Many of the most prominent documentary
filmmakers are participating not only by having their films distributed
via SnagFilms, but by engaging with their audience through blogs and
offering special “bonus”
material, as well as suggesting nonprofit organizations that viewers
motivated by these films can link to and support via charitable
contributions, volunteering or spreading the word. The company was
founded by digital entrepreneur, documentary film producer, sports
entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Leonsis, and is additionally backed
by AOL co-founder and Revolution LLC Chairman Steve Case, and venture
capitalist Miles Gilburne.
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