Online Film Marketplace Slated Names Former AMC Theatres Exec Tim Wesley CEO

The online film marketplace company Slated has named a former AMC Theatres executive Tim Wesley as its CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Wesley, who was an executive digital consultant for AMC and a former general manager of RedBox On Demand, will report to Slated’s newly installed board of directors. Stephan Paternot, co-founder, who led the company as CEO for the previous 6 years, will continue with the company as executive chairman. Also joining the company’s board of directors are Yair Landau (former vice chairman of Sony Pictures and president of Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment), David Wertheimer (former president of Digital at Fox Networks Group and president of Paramount Digital Entertainment) and Michael Joe (former COO of STXfilms and EVP of Universal Pictures). Also Read: American Film Market Moves Online for 2020 Edition, Shifts Back One Week to Avoid Election Slated launched in 2012 and is an online marketplace for film financing, sales, packaging, and development that connects content creators, financiers and sales agents with data analytics and packaging tools. Wesley will lead Slated’s expansion into financing studio films. The approach will make Slated itself an institutional investor and allow the company to support projects in development studio projects and bring...

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