SONY EXEC BLAKE GETS PROMOTION.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. - Longtime Sony Pictures Entertainment executive Jeff Blake Jeff Bertrand Coleman Blake (born December 4, 1970 in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a retired American football quarterback who played in the NFL. Although he finished his career with the Chicago Bears, he was formerly a quarterback for the New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, New was given a new title and more responsibilities Thursday when he was named chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution of Sony's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Michael Lynton called Blake ``one of the best in the business.'' He went on to describe him as the ideal choice to lead the company's marketing efforts as the landscape changes and fragments and as movie-theater chains face the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin challenge of converting to digital projection systems. ``There is no one better to guide us than Jeff Blake,'' Lynton said in a statement. ``He is truly second to no one and he inspires those around him to do their best work.'' Blake, who became vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2002, directs and oversees the global marketing and distribution of all films from Sony's production entities, which include Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, TriStar, and Screen Gems. Those entities have produced such hits as the ``Spider-Man,'' ``Men in Black,'' and ``Charlie's Angels'' franchises as well as ``Hitch hitch to fasten by a knot, usually used to describe tying a horse to a post. ,'' ``Anger Management,'' ``Something's Gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. Give,'' and ``50 First Dates.'' ``He is the studio's secret weapon and while he would be the first to credit his fantastic sales and marketing team, there are few executives here that deserve more credit for our successes during the past several years than Jeff,'' stated Amy Pascal Amy Pascal (born 1958) is Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (SPE) and Chairman of SPE's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. She oversees all development, production and marketing activities at Columbia Pictures. , chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion Picture Group. Prior to coming to Sony in 1992 to head the studio's film distribution arm, Blake was an executive at Paramount Pictures and Disney. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: BLAKE |
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