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Jun 24, 2020 · N ine years ago, Jeff Skoll’s film company Participant Media partnered with Warner Brothers to put out Contagion, a movie about a global pandemic that started with a virus from a bat.An American ...
Cue Jeff Skoll. Skoll—a billionaire by way of eBay, where he was the first president—wanted to start a film-production company that would foster social change. Movies seemed an opportune way to draw attention to the world's problems and inspire viewers to address them.
Apr 16, 2024 · Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were ...
After spending down Jeff Skoll’s original $100 million gift, the Skoll Global Threats Fund sunset at the end of 2017, spinning off its pandemics and climate work into standalone initiatives– Ending Pandemics and the Climate Advocacy Lab, respectively. The Fund’s peace and security work was incorporated into the Skoll Foundation’s programs.
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Apr 19, 2024 · When Variety broke the news Tuesday that billionaire Jeff Skoll’s 20-year-old company will shut down — after fetching 21 Oscars and introducing a business model that prioritized social impact ...
Participant had a strong year for documentaries under the oversight of founder Skoll, coming off three Oscar nominations for 2021’s animated documentary “Flee,” which won the Annie Award for ...
