A New York bankruptcy judge Thursday approved the sale of the iconic Moviefone movie listings service for $1 million as part of the bankruptcy of its parent company Helios & Matheson Analytics.
That oddly-named holding company shot to fame by starting, growing and ultimately badly bungling the MoviePass subscription service, which is next on the auction block.
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Alan Nisselson, a partner in the law firm Windels Marx reported to New York Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein that a company called Born In Cleveland LLC had put in the best of six bids for Moviefone on March 16.
Helios & Matheson filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy early this year. Chapter 7 provides for the liquidation of a company’s assets to satisfy creditors – versus...
That oddly-named holding company shot to fame by starting, growing and ultimately badly bungling the MoviePass subscription service, which is next on the auction block.
More from DeadlineMoviePass Files For Bankruptcy In Last Shoe To DropMoviePass Shutting Down, Parent Company 'Unable To Predict If Or When...Service Will Continue'MoviePass Suspends Service To Work On App Upgrade; Plans To Recapitalize
Alan Nisselson, a partner in the law firm Windels Marx reported to New York Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein that a company called Born In Cleveland LLC had put in the best of six bids for Moviefone on March 16.
Helios & Matheson filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy early this year. Chapter 7 provides for the liquidation of a company’s assets to satisfy creditors – versus...
- 3/20/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Humane Society of the United States hosted it’s 2019 ‘To the Rescue!’ New York Gala, which raised over 2 million dollars to benefit the organization’s animal rescue efforts.
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell walk the red carpet with the dog Ella Bean at the Hsus 'To The Rescue!' 2019 Gala.
Credit/Copyright: Larry Busacca/AP Images for the Hsus
Hosted by actor Jerry O'Connell and actress Rebecca Romijn, the event honored consumer goods company Unilever; Mutts© cartoonist and children’s book author Patrick McDonnell; and the Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt Charitable Trust.
The evening featured a special performance by Gavin DeGraw who performed Something Worth Saving, Not Over You and I Don’t Wanna Be. Additional guests included Georgina Bloomberg, Chloe Coscarelli, Liz Dee, Leanne Hilgart, Stella Keitel, Allie Rizzo, Ariana Rockefeller, Linda B. Rosenthal, Scott Sartiano, Adam Slutsky, Vanessa Verduga, Danny Woodburn and Kitty Block, President and CEO of the Hsus and more.
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell walk the red carpet with the dog Ella Bean at the Hsus 'To The Rescue!' 2019 Gala.
Credit/Copyright: Larry Busacca/AP Images for the Hsus
Hosted by actor Jerry O'Connell and actress Rebecca Romijn, the event honored consumer goods company Unilever; Mutts© cartoonist and children’s book author Patrick McDonnell; and the Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt Charitable Trust.
The evening featured a special performance by Gavin DeGraw who performed Something Worth Saving, Not Over You and I Don’t Wanna Be. Additional guests included Georgina Bloomberg, Chloe Coscarelli, Liz Dee, Leanne Hilgart, Stella Keitel, Allie Rizzo, Ariana Rockefeller, Linda B. Rosenthal, Scott Sartiano, Adam Slutsky, Vanessa Verduga, Danny Woodburn and Kitty Block, President and CEO of the Hsus and more.
- 11/19/2019
- Look to the Stars
Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. , the majority owner of MoviePass, has snapped up Moviefone from Verizon’s digital arm Oath in a mixture of undisclosed cash and unregistered equity.
Moviefone, who arguably started the whole notion of advance movie ticket sales with their 777-film phone lines back in the 1990s, is currently an entertainment news portal that also provides showtime information, connecting users to individual chain’s ticket sales pages. Moviefone was started in 1989 by Russ Leatherman (the voice of Mr. Moviefone on their phone lines), Andrew Jarecki, Pat Cardamone, and Adam Slutsky. AOL bought Moviefone in 1999 for $388M and during the millennium Moviefone would link to Movietickets.com then later Fandango to provide consumers with advance tickets. In 2014, Moviefone became a movie info shell as we currently know it. AOL Ventures, which was the venture capital arm of AOL (now, Oath), was an early investor in MoviePass back in 2011.
With its purchase of Moviefone,...
Moviefone, who arguably started the whole notion of advance movie ticket sales with their 777-film phone lines back in the 1990s, is currently an entertainment news portal that also provides showtime information, connecting users to individual chain’s ticket sales pages. Moviefone was started in 1989 by Russ Leatherman (the voice of Mr. Moviefone on their phone lines), Andrew Jarecki, Pat Cardamone, and Adam Slutsky. AOL bought Moviefone in 1999 for $388M and during the millennium Moviefone would link to Movietickets.com then later Fandango to provide consumers with advance tickets. In 2014, Moviefone became a movie info shell as we currently know it. AOL Ventures, which was the venture capital arm of AOL (now, Oath), was an early investor in MoviePass back in 2011.
With its purchase of Moviefone,...
- 4/5/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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