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  1. variety.com › 2024 › filmParticipant Shuts Down: Film Studio Behind Spotlight, Green Book...

    Apr 16, 2024 · By Matt Donnelly. Participant, the 20-year-old film and television production company whose mission was to inspire social justice and humanitarian action, is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll...

  2. www.hollywoodreporter.com › business › business-newsWhat Happened to Jeff Skoll's Participant Media - The Hollywood...

    Apr 19, 2024 · Jeff Skoll closed Participant Media after trying to sell the company behind movies like Green Book, Roma and An Inconvenient Truth for over a year.

  3. www.nytimes.com › business › mediaParticipant, Maker of Films With Social Conscience, Calls It...

    Apr 16, 2024 · On Tuesday, the company’s founder and financial lifeline, the eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll, pulled the plug — a decision based, at least in part, on the atrophying entertainment business.

  4. variety.com › 2024 › filmHollywood Mourns Participant, Studio that Wanted to Save the...

    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...

  5. www.bloomberg.com › en › newsParticipant, studio behind 'Spotlight,’ ‘An Inconvenient Truth...

    Apr 16, 2024 · Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations.

  6. apnews.com › article › participant-film-studio-closes-82407adParticipant, film studio behind 'Spotlight,’ shutters after 20...

    Apr 16, 2024 · Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners and socially conscious documentaries, is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations.

  7. www.hollywoodreporter.com › business › business-newsParticipant to Close: Documentary Filmmakers Reckon With Abrupt...

    Apr 19, 2024 · For issues-focused creators, the Jeff Skoll-backed Participant was an ally, a champion and deep-pocketed backer willing to tackle tough subjects.

  8. www.screendaily.com › news › jeff-skoll-closing-participantJeff Skoll closing Participant, Oscar-winning impact company...

    Apr 16, 2024 · Jeff Skoll, the billionaire philanthropist who launched Participant 20 years ago to champion socially conscious films, is closing down the impact producer-financier behind Spotlight, Roma, and ...

  9. skoll.org › 2024/01/26 › exemplars_in_philanthropySkoll | Jeff Skoll Recognized as Exemplar of Philanthropy by...

    Jan 26, 2024 · One of the four philanthropists honored in the Letter as an “exemplar in philanthropy” is Jeff Skoll. In 1999, the first President of eBay and founder of the eBay Foundation founded the Skoll Foundation to bring to life his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity for all.

  10. deadline.com › 2024 › 04Participant Shutting Down After 20 Years - Deadline

    Apr 16, 2024 · Founder Jeff Skoll alerted staff at 10:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday, Deadline has confirmed. Sources say Skoll did an audit of the company and wanted to pivot from entertainment.