Den Shewman

Current

• Chief Content Officer at Brick By Brick Audiobooks
• Vice President, Content at Antihero Media

Past

• Editor in Chief at Creative Screenwriting Magazine
• Editor in Chief at CS Weekly
• Freelance journalist (Self-employed)

• Editor in Chief, IGN Movies at IGN.com
• Assistant, Motion Picture Business and Legal Affairs at The Walt Disney Company
• Debit Team - Senior Technical Specialist, MasterCard Automated Point-of-sale Program (MAPP) at MasterCard International

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Education

• Denison University

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Den Shewman’s Summary

Goals:

* To create, develop, produce and/or manage profitable products and franchises for all types of content delivery systems, specializing in print and new-media platforms.

* To create, implement and manage new and existing products and revenue streams for clients using my experience in the entertainment (Editor in chief at IGN.com, Creative Screenwriting Magazine and CS Weekly) and business (MasterCard International, Walt Disney Company) sectors.

Experience:

* Editor in chief:
* CREATIVE SCREENWRITING
* CS DAILY / CS WEEKLY
* IGN MOVIES, IGN.com
* MOVIE CITY GEEK
* 10 years editor-in-chief experience in print and online content creation and management, including creating new-media products.
* 15 years in entertainment journalism covering film and television, interviewing Oscar-winning and A-list writers, directors, producers and stars, including Bill Condon (DREAMGIRLS), Hugh Jackman (X-MEN), Christopher Nolan (BATMAN BEGINS), M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE), Bryan Singer (THE USUAL SUSPECTS), Robert Towne (CHINATOWN).
* 6 years in event management (Creative Screenwriting's SCREENWRITING EXPO, 4,000 attendees).

Den Shewman’s Specialties:

* Content creation, development and delivery, both new media and print.

* New product development and production.

* Journalism and editorial skills at the editorial-in-chief level, including managing staff and budgets.

* Working with A-list film and television talent, including top-level executives at motion picture studios, TV networks, talent agencies, entertainment legal firms, and publicity houses.

* Screenwriting.

Den Shewman’s Experience

• Chief Content Officer

  Brick By Brick Audiobooks

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Consulting CCO for the publishing company of top audiobook narrator Scott Brick, an Audie Award-winner who has recorded over 450 books in the last eight years.

• Vice President, Content

  Antihero Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years)

  Create, develop and produce online content and websites for all size of entertainment and media clients, specializing in online TV series and short films.

• Editor in Chief

  Creative Screenwriting Magazine

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  December 2004 — August 2007 (2 years 9 months)

  * Editor in Chief, Creative Screenwriting Magazine (80-page, bimonthly print magazine; 26,000 circ.).
  
  * Manage 20 freelance writers plus 4 columnists and 4 copy editors.
  
  * Moderator at our Screenwriting Expo every fall. Have interviewed on stage such A-list screenwriters such as Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS, DREAMGIRLS), Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION), William Goldman (PRINCESS BRIDE, MISERY), and David Koepp (JURASSIC PARK, SPIDER-MAN).
  
  * Still keep a hand in journalism. My last interviews were Christopher Nolan + Jonathan Nolan (THE PRESTIGE) and Hugh Jackman (THE FOUNTAIN).

• Editor in Chief

  CS Weekly

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  September 2003 — August 2007 (4 years)

  * Creator and editor in chief, CS Weekly (weekly e-mail magazine; 80,000 circ.), the free weekly email magazine for Creative Screenwriting Magazine.
  
  * Manage two editors and 15 freelance writers.
  
  * CS Weekly launched in March, 2004 as CS Daily. Each issue has 5 -15 original articles on film and screenwriting news, features, interviews, and film and DVD reviews.
  
  * As of 6/1/07, CS Weekly has over 1,500 articles in its free online archive.
  
  
  * Sign up for the free CS Weekly and free Los Angeles-based movie screenings at www.CreativeScreenwriting.com (in the upper-right-hand corner of the page).

• Freelance journalist

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  October 2000 — September 2003 (3 years)

  * Wrote news, features, and interviews for print and online publications on film and television: Creative Screenwriting, Cinescape.com, Coming Attractions, Dark Horizons, Test Pattern, UGO, Variety.
  
  * Created Mr. Penn, the voice and character of the fictional representative of Creature Features, a Los Angeles-based collectibles store.

• Editor in Chief, IGN Movies

  IGN.com

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  August 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 3 months)

• Assistant, Motion Picture Business and Legal Affairs

  The Walt Disney Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  July 1995 — August 1999 (4 years 2 months)

  * Drafted some simple contracts, coordinated with various internal departments (creative, physical production, contract management).
  
  * Worked on 17 go pictures (films in production).
  
  * Usual Hollywood assistant chores: answering phones, typing, copying, scheduling.

• Debit Team - Senior Technical Specialist, MasterCard Automated Point-of-sale Program (MAPP)

  MasterCard International

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1988 — November 1994 (6 years 5 months)

Den Shewman’s Education

• Denison University

  1980 — 1984

Additional Information

Den Shewman’s Interests:

Film, camping, music and art. Currently learning magic, focusing on cards, sleight-of-hand, and mentalism.

Den Shewman’s Groups:

Avant Guild member, mediabistro.

Den Shewman’s Honors:

Honorable discharge, United States Marine Corps.

Den Shewman’s Contact Settings

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