Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Can the Weinstein Company be turned into a positive force for women?
The Weinstein Company has taken a huge financial hit since assault and harassment allegations came out against co-founder Harvey Weinstein. Now it’s looking for a buyer, and at least two female-led investor groups are in the running. They both want to use the company’s movie and TV revenue to help victims.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Weinstein Company has taken a huge financial hit since assault and harassment allegations came out against co-founder Harvey Weinstein. Now it’s looking for a buyer, and at least two female-led investor groups are in the running. They both want to use the company’s movie and TV revenue to help victims.
The full episode
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Ana Oliveira
New York Women’s Foundation
Cynthia Littleton
co-editor-in-chief of Variety, author of “TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet”
The full episode
2 of 5Language in the age of BuzzFeed and Twitter- 0:00CA Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra faces sexual harassment allegations
- 6:39Can the Weinstein Company be turned into a positive force for women?You’re reading this
- 14:57Rabbi Steve Leder on how trauma can make us better people
- 30:49DOJ opposes AT&T and Time Warner merger
- 36:41Grammar rules for a new world