David Paschkes Appointed Executive Vice President of Sports
and eSports Partnerships
Jason Rogers Promoted to Vice President Corporate Development
& Partnerships
TORONTO, April 6, 2021 /CNW/ -- Engine Media Holdings,
Inc. (TSXV: GAME; OTCQB: MLLLF) ("Engine Media" or the "Company")
announced today that they have appointed David Paschkes as Executive Vice President of
Sports and eSports Partnerships, effective immediately. In his
role, he will be responsible for developing and expanding
relationships across the sports and esports marketplace to create
additional revenue streams and opportunities for promotion and
development of Engine Media.
Separately, Jason Rogers has been
promoted to Vice President of Corporate Development &
Partnerships. Since joining Engine Media, Jason has been the lead
on corporate integration initiatives among Engine Media's assets
since its tri-party merger of Frankly Media, Torque Esports, and
WinView Games in May of 2020. In his new role, Jason will lead
Corporate M&A, Business Development and Strategic Planning
across Engine's assets. Jason will also continue to work with each
of the businesses to drive their strategic growth initiatives
forward.
"We are excited to have David join Engine Media as EVP of Sports
and eSports Partnerships and to elevate Jason into his role in
Corporate Development and Partnerships," said Lou Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of Engine
Media. "David played an important role in leading CBS Experiences
where he fostered relationships in college and professional sports
with leagues and teams that brought together live events and
technology to drive new experiences for consumers, he has the right
combination of entrepreneurial drive, relationships and leadership
to help Engine Media advance its business."
Schwartz added, "Jason's been a critical part of our integration
efforts and positioned us to capitalize on opportunities across all
of our Engine Media assets."
Background on David
Paschkes
Paschkes joins Engine Media from CBS Experiences ('CBSX'), the
Company's experiential events division, where he was Executive Vice
President and Managing Director. He led the group's efforts to
expand CBS' programming and properties reach through live,
entertaining and immersive experiences.
Prior to joining CBSX in November
2018, he worked at Conde Nast as Vice President, Agency and
Partnerships and as Vice President of Revenue supporting 28
different brands including GQ, Wired, Pitchfork
and Golf Digest. He expanded relationships with
advertisers and agency holding companies while partnering with the
company's programmatic, social and video teams to evangelize and
sell Conde Nast's solutions in the marketplace.
Paschkes entrepreneurial experience includes serving as Chief
Executive Officer of DIDiT, Inc, a company he founded in 2014,
where he guided the product strategy and development for iOS mobile
apps and websites as well as secured content distribution
relationships with major brands including Conde Nast, Time Inc.,
Hearst, Thrillist, CBS Local and
Mashable. He has also held senior executive positions at
TouchTunes, VEVO, Fantasy Sports Ventures, Yahoo! and Univision
over his 20-plus year career in digital media.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and International
Business from The Pennsylvania State
University.
Background on Jason
Rogers
Previously, Rogers worked at American Express in their
Enterprise Growth Group, serving as Chief of Staff to the VP of
Emerging Payment Solutions Marketing & Partner Management. In
addition to leading many of the day-to-day operations, Rogers led
numerous operational and financial work streams that resulted in
the successful sale of the division. Rogers earned American
Express's Chairman's Award for his outstanding contributions to the
organization.
While earning his MBA from Columbia
Business School (Dean's Honors, '20), Rogers spent time at
Disney Streaming Services; TriBeCa Early Stage Partners, a Venture
Capital group predominantly focused on early stage FinTech
companies in NYC, as an Associate leading company diligence; and
LiveLike, a virtual reality and fan engagement platform start-up
based in NYC, as a member of the business development and product
team.
About Engine Media Holdings, Inc.
Engine Media Holdings Inc. is traded publicly under the ticker
symbol (TSX-V: GAME) (OTCQB: MLLLF). The organization is focused on
developing premium consumer experiences and unparalleled technology
and content solutions for partners in the esports, news and gaming
industry. The company's subsidiaries include Stream Hatchet; the
global leader in gaming video distribution analytics; Eden
Games , a premium video game developer and publisher with
numerous console and mobile gaming franchises; WinView Games, an
industry innovator in audience second screen play-along gaming
during live events; UMG, an end-to-end competitive esports platform
enabling the professional and amateur esport community with
tournaments, matches and award nominating content; and Frankly
Media, a digital publishing platform empowering broadcasters to
create, distribute and monetize content across all channels.
Engine Media generates revenue through a combination of
direct-to-consumer and subscription fees; streaming technology and
data SaaS-based offerings; programmatic advertising and
sponsorships. To date, the combined companies' clients have
included more than 1,200 television, print and radio brands, dozens
of gaming and technology companies, and have connectivity into
hundreds of millions of homes around the world through their
content, distribution and technology services.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of Engine Media to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements
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or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could",
"would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved.
The forward-looking statements and information in this press
release include, financial, operational and other projections and
outlooks, and expectations. Such statements and information reflect
the current view of Engine Media. By their nature, forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause Engine Media's actual results, performance
or achievements or other future events, to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include:
expectations regarding existing products and plans to develop,
implement or adopt new technology or products; expectations
regarding the successful integration of recent acquisitions of
WinView, Inc. and Frankly Inc.; the expectation of obtaining new
customers for the Company's products and services; requirements for
additional capital and future financing options; and, those factors
discussed in the Company's continuous disclosure documents filed
with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which may be viewed
at www.sedar.com.
Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other
factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the
forward-looking information or statement prove incorrect, actual
results may vary materially from those described herein as
intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Engine Media cautions that the foregoing list of material factors
is not exhaustive. When relying on the Company's forward-looking
statements and information to make decisions, investors and others
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and potential events.
Engine Media has assumed that the material factors referred
to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking
statements and information to differ materially from actual results
or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and
is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such
assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or
factors. The forward-looking information contained in this press
release represents the expectations of Engine Media as of the date
of this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after
such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward
looking information and should not rely upon this information as of
any other date. While Engine Media may elect to do so, Engine Media
does not undertake to update this information at any particular
time except as required in accordance with applicable
laws.
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this release.
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