TheWrap's Complete Coverage of TheGrill 2012
October, 04, 2012 2:45 pm | Comments On #grill video, Media, The Grill, TheGrillTheGrill Day 2: Panels, Roundtables, Keynote, Cocktails! (Photos)
October, 04, 2012 10:55 am | Comments On #At TheGrill 2012 leaders from Hollywood and Silicon Valley gathered to debate the future of media in the digital age. Among those leading the conversation on Day Two were newly minted Oscar host and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, Live Nation Executive Chairman Irving Azoff, “Knocked Up” director Judd Apatow and Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler.
Also check out: Photos from TheGrill opening night
Photos: Jonathan Alcorn
Read MoreSeth MacFarlane (and Stewie) on President Obama's Chance at a Second Term (Video)
October, 02, 2012 10:10 pm | Comments On #Family Guy, grill video, Obama, oscars, politics, Seth MacFarlane, Stewie, Television, The Grill, TheGrill videoSeth MacFarlane allowed his "Family Guy" progeny, Stewie Griffin, to share the stage with him at TheWrap's annual industry conference TheGrill on Tuesday. The infant-prodigy offered up his naked view on President Obama's chances for re-election.
(Warning: Not safe for work.) Watch the video below.
Also read: Seth MacFarlane on a 'Classy' Oscars, a 'Family Guy' Movie - and Stewie
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Judd Apatow and Irving Azoff at TheGrill: What Happened to the Hitmakers? (Video)
October, 02, 2012 8:36 pm | Comments On #American Idol, grill video, Lady GaGa, Media, The GrillLiveNation Executive Chairman Irving Azoff tells filmmaker Judd Apatow how hard it is to make it in the music industry, American Idols and Lady Gagas notwithstanding. They chatted at TheGrill 2012 in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Also read: Irving Azoff Calls Pandora 'Shitty,' Bemoans Era of 'Idol,' 'The Voice'
Read MoreDigital Studio Execs at The Grill: The Explosion in Online Video (Video)
October, 02, 2012 8:23 pm | Comments On #content, grill video, maker studios, Media, NBCUniversal, The GrillMaker Studios' Chris Williams, Bedrocket Media Ventures' Brian Bedol and NBCUniversal's Nicholas Lehman talk online video business models at TheGrill 2012.
Also read: Digital Studio Execs Insist 'Everything is Moving in the Right Direction' for Online Video
Read MoreKickstarter's Yancey Strickler: 'We're Going to Do This One Thing Really Well' (Video)
October, 02, 2012 8:08 pm | Comments On #crowd-funding, grill video, kickstarter, Media, The GrillKickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler holds forth on the value of "staying small," the meritocracy of crowd-funded projects and his site's biggest film project yet , in a conversation at TheGrill 2012.
Also read: Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler: ‘We Don’t Care About Money’
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Irving Azoff Calls Pandora 'Shitty,' Bemoans Era of 'Idol,' 'The Voice'
October, 02, 2012 7:31 pm | Comments On #Irving Azoff, judd apatow, Live Nation Entertainment, music, Pandora, The Grill, TheGrillLive Nation Executive Chairman Irving Azoff railed against Pandora on Tuesday at TheGrill, TheWrap’s annual media conference, saying the online radio company is “on our shit list.”
Moderator Judd Apatow pressed Azoff on everything from the music exec threatening Sly Stone with a gun, to the evil of Steve Jobs, to the music-licensing business, but Azoff reserved his harshest words for the digital radio company.
Pandora has been petitioning Congress to drop the rate artists get paid for licensing music online.
“It’s horseshit,” Azoff said. “The market cap for Pandora is like $1.8 billion. That’s roughly the market cap of Live Nation,...
Read MoreJennifer Salke and Paul Telegdy at TheGrill: 'The New NBC' (Video)
October, 02, 2012 5:38 pm | Comments On #grill video, Media, NBC, Network, Television, The Grill, TheGrill videoNBC's top programming executives Jennifer Salke and Paul Telegdy weighed in at TheGrill conference on Tuesday about NBC and their long-haul efforts to change the direction of the network.
Also read: NBC Hopes to Climb Out of the Cellar With Must-See TV - Again
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Seth MacFarlane: 'I Tend to Write With My Ears' (Video)
October, 02, 2012 5:12 pm | Comments On #Family Guy, grill video, Media, Seth MacFarlane, Ted, The Grill, TheGrill videoSeth MacFarlane, the creative mind behind "Family Guy," says that when he writes a joke, he often has very specific idea of "how that joke needs to sing." And that's why he refers to himself as a "control freak."
Speaking at the TheWrap's annual industry conference TheGrill, MacFarlane offered insight into his creative process with his hit TV show, as well as his first movie, "Ted."
Watch the video below.
Also read: Seth MacFarlane on a 'Classy' Oscars, a 'Family Guy' Movie - and Stewie
Read MoreKickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler: ‘We Don’t Care About Money’
October, 02, 2012 4:57 pm | Comments On #kickstarter, Media, Movies, new york film festival, The Grill, TheGrill, tribeca film festival, yancey stricklerKickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler has developed a successful service devoted to raising money, but don’t mistake him for a capitalist.
“We don’t care about money,” Strickler told the Tuesday audience at TheGrill, TheWrap’s annual media conference.
Fans have now pledged more than $375 million through the crowdfunding site, but Strickler, Perry Chen and Charles Adler founded the company to empower creative people and support projects that otherwise would have gone unfunded.
To underscore his disinterest in profiteering, Strickler noted a law signed by President Obama, one conceived in part for Kickstarter. It permits people who pledge money to...
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At a time of unprecedented change and shifting business models, the entertainment industry is hungry for thought leadership. TheWrap believes that the conversation about where and how entertainment will meet the challenge of the digital age needs to be centered in Hollywood.
Conceived in an effort to create a high level forum for discussing the transformational forces in our changing entertainment industry, TheGrill has brought together a community of leaders from across the entertainment economy from disciplines including media, entertainment, finance and technology.
