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Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc
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Thunderbird's Berkowitz resigns as president, CCO

2024-05-02 13:22 ET - News Release

Ms. Jennifer McCarron reports

THUNDERBIRD ANNOUNCES UPDATES ACROSS SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. has made updates and promotions across its leadership and management teams.

Matthew Berkowitz is leaving his role as company president and chief creative officer, effective May 31, 2024, after accepting a new opportunity. Mr. Berkowitz's responsibilities for overseeing the development of new animated and scripted IPs (intellectual properties) will be split between Aaron Behl and Kristin Cummings, both senior vice-president, originals, at Atomic Cartoons, and Hillary Zwick Turner, senior vice-president of scripted content, Thunderbird. The three executives will now report into Jennifer Twiner McCarron, chief executive officer, Atomic Cartoons/Thunderbird and Thunderbird chair.

Thunderbird's leadership team will now be composed of Ms. McCarron, Simon Bodymore, chief financial officer, and Richard Goldsmith, president of global distribution and consumer products. Lori Massini serves as the company's general counsel.

"We wish Matthew the absolute best in his new endeavour and thank him for his creativity, vision, passion and the key role he played in growing the company to where we are today, including overseeing the launch of Atomic Originals, Thunderbird Scripted, global distribution and consumer products, and supporting the expansion of our production footprint," said Ms. McCarron. "We are so proud of Matthew and are looking forward to working together in new ways going forward."

"I would like to thank Jennifer, our team, and all of the great colleagues and partners we've worked with over the past seven years," said Mr. Berkowitz. "I am so proud of everything Atomic and Thunderbird have achieved. This is just the beginning for the company, and with such an incredibly talented and accomplished leadership team in place, and so many excellent productions on the go, I cannot wait to see how it continues to flourish and thrive."

Thunderbird has appointed David Way to chief executive officer of Great Pacific Media (GPM), which is the company's unscripted subsidiary. Lindsay Macadam has been promoted into the role of president at GPM.

"We are pleased to recognize both David and Lindsay for their solid leadership of GPM," said Ms. McCarron. "Over the last four years, GPM has reached new heights with the launch of seven new series and two podcasts across a variety of unscripted genres, and David and Lindsay are continuing to build on that."

Ms. McCarron added: "Our people are the heart of Thunderbird, and our future remains incredibly bright with great visibility and productions booked into the coming years. We have a very solid foundation to support the company's growth and have the right leadership team in place for the next phase of Thunderbird's evolution."

About Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc.

Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Los Angeles and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, unscripted and animated programming for the world's leading digital platforms as well as Canadian and international broadcasters. The company develops, produces and distributes animated, factual and scripted content through its various content arms, including Thunderbird Kids and Family (Atomic Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media) and Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella include The Last Kids on Earth, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell, Deadman's Curse, Kim's Convenience and Reginald the Vampire. Thunderbird Distribution and Thunderbird Brands manage global media and consumer products rights, respectively, for the company and select third parties.

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