Music and Digital Entertainment Veteran Dick Wingate Joins Writers'
Group Advisory Board
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Writers Group Film
Corp. (OTCQB: WRIT), and Front Row Networks, a Los Angeles based concert production company,
announced that Dick Wingate, a
35-year veteran of the entertainment industry, has joined the
company as an Advisor to the Board of Directors.
"Mr. Wingate possesses a wealth of industry insight," said
Writers' Group President, Eric
Mitchell. "We're extremely excited that Dick has chosen to
advise the Writers' Group Board of Directors and engage in the work
of improving our relations with the recording industry, the digital
entertainment world, and potential institutional investors."
With over three decades of pushing the boundaries in the music
and digital entertainment industries, Mr. Wingate is now a
principal at DEV Advisors, a consulting firm and affiliate of
New York-based DEV (Digital
Entertainment Ventures).
Dick was previously General Manager of East Coast Business
Development for TAG Strategic, a digital entertainment consultancy.
Prior to that Mr. Wingate served as President, Media Development
& Chief Content Officer for Nellymoser, Inc., an early provider
of rich media mobile services - overseeing content, licensing and
business development strategies, and working closely with media
companies such as Sony Music, Warner
Music, MTV, AT&T, Virgin Mobile & ABC. Dick helped
pioneer the digital music download business from its infancy as
Senior Vice President, Content Development at Liquid Audio, Inc.,
and was responsible for music licensing, label relations, affiliate
management & content marketing, playing an integral role in
Liquid Audio's 1999 IPO.
Mr. Wingate's in-depth experience in the recording industry
includes positions as SVP, Marketing, Arista Records (BMG); SVP,
A&R, PolyGram Records; Director of Talent Acquisition, Epic
Records and Director, Product Management, Columbia Records.
Dick has spoken at numerous industry events, including: Digital
Hollywood, Digital Music Forum, SXSW, CTIA, MEFCON, Billboard Live,
Jupiter Plug-In, CMJ, Midem, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Business
Week conferences, and has been featured in the Sunday NY Times
Business section, the Los Angeles
Times, as well as quoted in the Wall St. Journal, Time
Magazine, USA Today, the New York
Times Magazine and Billboard Magazine.
"I am pleased to join Front Row Networks as a Board Advisor. FRN
combines acclaimed creative and production talent with
best-in-class distribution and marketing capabilities to create new
3D live event theatrical motion pictures," said Mr. Wingate.
Front Row Networks is a live concert production and distribution
company which produces live concerts in 3D for initial digital
broadcast into movie theaters in the
United States, Western
Europe, South America and
Asia. Following a US theatrical
run, the 3D concerts are then licensed to TV broadcasters and DVD
retailers.
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business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. The company
wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements and as such, speak only as of the date
made. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to,
those discussed in the Company's latest 10-Q filed November 19, 2012.
Investor Relations Contact for Writers' Group Film Corp.:
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+1 (800) 953-3350
Websites: www.FRNetworks.com
SOURCE Writers Group Film Corp.