Power Player Breakfast: Nancy Kanter, EVP of Content and Creative Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide
As EVP, Content and Creative Strategy for Disney Channels Worldwide, Nancy Kanter guides program development for Disney Channels' audience of kids age 2-11, as well as produced content for Disney+. She also oversees the strategy for acquisitions, and for attracting the best creative talent to support Disney's entertainment platforms. Before rising to this role in 2017, Kanter was General Manager, Disney Junior Worldwide, where she brought in numerous Peabody and Emmy® Award-winning programs. Under her leadership, Disney Junior reigned as the #1 preschooler network in total viewers and key demographics. Join us for a Power Player conversation about Nancy's influential work in children's media!
READ MOREPower Player Conversation: Finance Her – Hosted by The Women’s Network at The New York Times Company
Join us for an after-work boardroom-style conversation among members of two of New York’s most powerful women’s organizations: 100 Women in Finance and New York Women in Film & Television. In true power player fashion, women from these communities of entertainment and finance will come together to uncover strategies behind finding powerful films from female voices and securing the financing needed to bring these projects to the screen. Finance Her is the first of a series of discussions designed to tap into the entertainment and finance industries of New York City, connecting professionals from both fields to ensure that financing options are available to women filmmakers. There is a need to address everyone’s role in the process when it comes to funding and packaging a film. By ensuring that both worlds are speaking the same language and finding parallels in project development, a much clearer path to investing in untold women’s stories is sure to follow. (Registration will open later next month - check back with us!)
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Megan Cunningham, Founder and CEO of Magnet Media
How do you grow up to create a global content studio that helps some of the most exciting companies on planet Earth spread their stories and marketing messages? If there’s anyone who can answer that question, it’s Megan Cunningham. In the latest of NYWIFT’s Power Player Breakfasts featuring powerful women, Cunningham will discuss how she managed to rise from a NYWIFT intern (that’s right!) to where she is today: Founder and CEO of Magnet Media. Magnet Media is a studio for brands, and its mission is to tell stories that matter. The company’s clients include: Google, Adobe, Chase, Airbnb, IBM Watson, CitiGroup, The TED Talks, Politico, YouTube, National Geographic Kids, PBS, Fandango and MIT Tech Press. Cunningham will share personal stories about how she’s tackled various challenges as well as insights into what she’s learned over the course of her career.
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Abigail E. Disney, Documentary Filmmaker, Philanthropist, Activist
Long before inclusion became fashionable, Abigail E. Disney was passionate about advancing women’s roles in the public sphere. As a guest of NYWIFT's Power Player Breakfast Series, Disney joins a choice roster of speakers through the years who have shared stories of their remarkable journeys and lessons learned along the way. Join us for a rare opportunity to experience and ask questions of this CEO who has used her unique position of influence to produce and direct award-winning work on social issues, spotlighting extraordinary people who speak truth to power.
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Valhalla Entertainment
Take a look at Gale Anne Hurd’s list of credits (The Terminator, Aliens, The Walking Dead), and you might well ask, “How the heck did she do all that?” Answers to that question – and many others about Hurd’s life and career – are sure to be answered when she speaks at the first Power Player Breakfast of NYWIFT’s new program season.
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Erica Gruen Principal, Quantum Media/President, Sand & Stars Productions
Who doesn’t love a success story? Especially with sequels! Enjoy an inspiring one at the NYWIFT Power Player Breakfast featuring multi-talented innovator and serial entrepreneur Erica Gruen. The Emmy award-winning producer, executive and digital trailblazer led the transformation of the Food Network from struggling enterprise to media powerhouse and has been a guiding hand behind many other major...
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Sandra Dewey, President, TNT & TBS Productions and Business Affairs; Head of Studio T
NYWIFT’s ever-popular Power Player Breakfast kicks off the new programming season with one of Turner Broadcasting System’s most dynamic women: Sandra Dewey. Sandra Dewey heads up the in-house production house Studio T (the in-house studio for TNT and TBS) in addition to her responsibilities as President, TNT & TBS Productions and Business Affairs. She also...
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Christina Wayne, CEO of Assembly Entertainment
Power Player Breakfast: Christina Wayne, CEO of Assembly Entertainment Come in from winter’s chill and enjoy the warmth of the NYWIFT Power Player Breakfast with Christina Wayne. Meet the multi award-winning producer and CEO of Assembly Entertainmentand learn how she built a portfolio of top hits that are sure to include some of your favorites. Christina Wayne has an overall deal at...
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast: Amy Entelis, EVP. Talent/Content Development, CNN
The Power Player Breakfast Series brings women at the top of their career game to NYWIFT for intimate, inspiring discussions on their current projects, working their ways to the top and other exciting industry insights! At a time when news outlets are themselves newsworthy, it seems especially timely to welcome Amy Entelis of CNN...
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast with Dawn Ostroff, President, Condé Nast Entertainment
The Power Player Breakfast Series brings women at the top of their career game to NYWIFT for intimate, inspiring discussions on their current projects, working their ways to the top and other exciting industry insights! For February, we welcome Dawn Ostroff, President of Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ). Condé Nast Entertainment (CNÉ) is an award-winning next...
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast with Amy Emmerich, Chief Content Officer, Refinery29 – Sold Out!
The Power Player Breakfast Series brings women at the top of their career game to NYWIFT for intimate, inspiring discussions on their current projects, workingtheir ways to the top and other exciting industry insights! For October, the Power Player Breakfast welcomes guest Amy Emmerich, Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, a leading digital lifestyle media company for...
READ MOREPower Player Breakfast with Linda Kaplan Thaler, Chairman of Publicis New York
Power Player Breakfast with Linda Kaplan Thaler, Chairman of Publicis New York The Power Player Breakfast Series brings women at the top of their career game to NYWIFT for intimate, inspiring discussions on their current projects, working their ways to the top and other exciting industry insights! This January, the guest speaker is advertising powerhouse Linda Kaplan Thaler....
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