IGN Entertainment and Twitter Partner on Global Live Stream at San Diego Comic-Con 2017

For the second time in less than a month, IGN Entertainment and Twitter partner on a live stream, now set to take over the United States’ largest entertainment conference, San Diego Comic-Con

LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2017 -- IGN Entertainment, the world's #1 media company for video game and entertainment enthusiasts, announced today its extended collaboration with Twitter as their official livestream broadcast partner for the 2017 Comic-Con Expo in San Diego, California.

Coming off an incredible week of E3 Live coverage on Twitter that saw an average of 2.6 million unique viewers per day, IGN Entertainment and Twitter now set their sites on San Diego Comic-Con, the country’s largest entertainment conference dedicated to the television, movie and comic industries.

IGN’s coverage at SDCC 2017 will air July 19th – 22nd, live from the SDCC show floor located within the San Diego Convention Center, IGN’s Hard Rock Hotel production space and throughout San Diego’s historic Gaslamp District. Entertainment fans will receive up to 13 hours of live coverage and IGN’s livestream will be available worldwide to Twitter's logged-in and logged-out audience on Twitter and connected devices.

IGN Live from SDCC will be hosted and produced by IGN. Coverage will feature interviews from ABC, AMC, DC, Lionsgate, Marvel, Netflix, Starz, TBS and more, including live pre and post show commentary from IGN hosts and special guests. IGN Live will also include trailers, behind the scenes footage, live interviews from the industry’s biggest television and motion picture actors and producers, the very best of entertainment cosplay, and much more.

Fans will also receive live all-access reports direct from the show floor, Petco Park and The New Children’s Museum. IGN Live from SDCC will integrate live Twitter conversations utilizing Twitter polls and questions from the Twitter audience, providing the opportunity to connect and participate within SDCC from anywhere in the world.

“Coming off the heels of live streaming original E3 content, we are thrilled to expand our live stream collaboration with IGN,” said Anthony Noto, COO at Twitter. “This time we’ll bring IGN’s live coverage of Comic-Con to our highly passionate comedy and entertainment fans alongside the real-time conversation on Twitter.”

“After seeing the massive success of IGN’s first partnership with Twitter from E3, it was an easy decision to team up again for another week of livestream coverage,” said Wade Beckett, CPO and SVP of Video at IGN. “IGN is the first place fans head to find breaking movie, TV, and comics news and Twitter is the place they talk about it. It’s a great partnership for the fans.”

The live stream will be available globally at comiccon.twitter.com and on @IGN.

IGN Live from SDCC will also include opportunities for advertisers, including packages with television style mid-roll spots, combined with original clips produced by IGN, available for sponsorship and promotion on Twitter.

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About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment is the leading Internet media company focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets. IGN reaches more than 148 million monthly users and is followed by more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube and 25 million users on social platforms. IGN also publishes daily content on Snapchat Discover.

Established in 1996, IGN is operated by digital media company Ziff Davis, LLC, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc. IGN is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and London. IGN content is localized in 25 languages and 114 countries and hosted on websites and native applications on mobile, connected TV, and Xbox and PlayStation platforms. For more information, visit www.IGN.com and follow @IGN on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

About Twitter

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is what’s happening and what people are talking about, all around the world. From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, from big events to everyday interests. If it's happening anywhere, it's happening first on Twitter. Twitter is where the full story unfolds with all the live commentary and where live events come to life unlike anywhere else. Twitter is available in more than 40 languages around the world. The service can be accessed at twitter.com, on a variety of mobile devices and via SMS. For more information, visit about.twitter.com or follow @twitter. For information on how to download the Twitter and Periscope apps, visit twitter.com/download and periscope.tv.

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Kiersten Slader, IGN Entertainment

kslader@ign.com | 415.627.8939

IGN Entertainment Expands Senior Leadership Team, Mitch Galbraith to Take on Executive Vice President, General Manager Role

San Francisco, Ca - IGN Entertainment, a division of Ziff Davis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mitch Galbraith to the role of Executive Vice President, General Manager IGN Entertainment. In this role, Galbraith will lead IGN’s multifunctional and geographically dispersed team of over 150 people. Galbraith will be based at IGN’s San Francisco office.

Galbraith has spent the last 17 years in digital media, working as an executive both for startups and companies at scale. He most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at Funny or Die where he was the company’s first employee and worked for two four-year periods. Between those two stints, he was the co-founder and CEO of FlickMe, a Sequoia Capital-funded subscription digital movie service. Prior to his time at Funny Or Die, Galbraith was the CEO of Insider Pages, which was acquired by IAC in 2007. Galbraith’s digital media career started in 2000 at Yahoo where he worked for nearly 6 years, closing as Senior Director of Business Operations.

“I’ve been an admirer of IGN for a long time,” said Galbraith. “There are few digital publishers with IGN’s pedigree: a global brand, close to 150 million monthly users, billions of annual video views, and category-leading content distributed across the web, mobile, social, and OTT. I look forward to working with the team to further advance the brand and business.”

IGN Entertainment was founded in 1999, but the IGN brand goes back to 1996 when it first launched as an online gaming magazine, rapidly expanding into other verticals as well as video content production and distribution. Today, IGN programs games and entertainment content for 148 million monthly users across 12 platforms, including mobile devices, Apple TV, Roku, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. IGN’s expanded content network also includes a daily destination on Snapchat Discover as well as a YouTube network with more than 10 million subscribers.

“I’m extremely enthusiastic to have Mitch join IGN at this very exciting time in the 20 year history of the brand. His background and experience in building one of the Internet’s most popular video brands will help IGN accelerate its growth across original video content, social platforms, OTT distribution, as well as our continued expansion into all things fan culture,” said Steve Horowitz, COO of Ziff Davis.

“I’m excited to welcome Mitch to IGN. His business acumen, in both operations and acquisitions, as well as brand and distribution growth are a perfect fit for IGN as we are continually expanding the depth and reach of our industry-leading gaming and entertainment content,” added Peer Schneider, Chief Content Officer and Co-Founder of IGN Entertainment.

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About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment is the leading Internet media company focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets. IGN reaches more than 148 million monthly users and is followed by more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube and 25 million users on social platforms.

Established in 1996, IGN is operated by digital media company Ziff Davis, LLC, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc. IGN is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and London. IGN content is localized in 25 languages and 114 countries and hosted on websites and native applications on mobile, connected TV, and Xbox and PlayStation platforms. For more information, visit www.IGN.com and follow @IGN on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

Media Contact

Kiersten Slader, Senior PR Manager kslader@ign.com | 415.627.8939  

IGN Entertainment and Twitter Announce Week-long Exclusive Global Live Stream Partnership for E3 Expo 2017

LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2016 -- IGN Entertainment, the world's #1 media company for video game and entertainment enthusiasts, announced today its partnership with Twitter as their official livestream broadcast partner for the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California. Commonly referred to as E3, the week-long programs will air June 10th – 15th, live from the E3 Expo located within the Los Angeles Convention Center, IGN’s Los Angeles studio space, and LA Live. Gaming and entertainment fans will receive over 30 hours of live coverage and IGN’s livestream will be available worldwide to Twitter's logged-in and logged-out audience on Twitter and connected devices.

IGN coverage at E3 2017 will be hosted and produced by IGN. The live shows will feature all major press briefings from Sony, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft and more, including live pre- and post show commentary from IGN hosts and special guests. Coverage will also include exclusive hands on demos, new gameplay, live interviews from the industry’s biggest game creators and producers, the very best of gaming cosplay, and eSports news and competitions.

Fans will also receive live all-access reports direct from the show floor, where this year, the ESA has re-opened the expo to the public, offering 15,000 tickets to non-industry professionals. IGN Live from E3 will integrate live Twitter conversations utilizing Twitter polls and questions from the Twitter audience, providing the opportunity to connect and participate within E3 from anywhere in the world.

"Our gaming audience turns to Twitter every year to discuss what's happening at E3," said Anthony Noto, COO at Twitter. "We are excited to partner with IGN, an industry leader in gaming coverage, on these unique broadcasts that will bring live video and the related conversation all to Twitter."

"E3 is hands-down the biggest week of the year for video games,” said Wade Beckett, CPO and SVP of Video at IGN Entertainment. “With jaw-dropping announcements and new game reveals, Twitter is the perfect livestream partner and platform given our global audience and their passion to be part of the conversation. Gamers around the world are going to be the real winners thanks to our partnership.”

The stream will be available globally at E3.twitter.com and on @IGN.

IGN Live from E3 will also include opportunities for advertisers, including packages with television style mid-roll spots, combined with original clips produced by IGN, available for sponsorship and promotion on Twitter.

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About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment is the leading Internet media company focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets. IGN reaches more than 137 million monthly users and is followed by more than 10 million subscribers on YouTube and 22 million users on social platforms. IGN also publishes daily content on Snapchat Discover.

Established in 1996, IGN is operated by digital media company Ziff Davis, LLC, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM), IGN is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and London. IGN content is localized in 25 languages and 114 countries and hosted on websites and native applications on mobile, connected TV, and Xbox and PlayStation platforms. For more information, visit www.IGN.com and follow @IGN on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

About Twitter

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is what’s happening and what people are talking about, all around the world. From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, from big events to everyday interests. If it's happening anywhere, it's happening first on Twitter. Twitter is where the full story unfolds with all the live commentary and where live events come to life unlike anywhere else. Twitter is available in more than 40 languages around the world. The service can be accessed at twitter.com, on a variety of mobile devices and via SMS. For more information, visit about.twitter.com or follow @twitter. For information on how to download the Twitter and Periscope apps, visit twitter.com/download and periscope.tv.

Media Contact:

Kiersten Slader, IGN Entertainment

kslader@ign.com | 415.627.8939

IGN Entertainment and Lionsgate double their strength, partnering on exclusive POWER RANGERS Red Carpet Movie Premiere Live Stream on Facebook LIVE.

Catch the powerful cast, including Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G. and more as they arrive to the red carpet in Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 22 beginning at 9:15 pm ET on IGN’s Public Facebook Page LOS ANGELES, March 21, 2017 -- It’s Morphin’ Time. IGN Entertainment and Lionsgate announced today that they will partner to live stream “POWER RANGERS Red Carpet Live Stream Presented By IGN," the official red carpet show for the film’s US premiere on Wednesday, March 22 from 9:15-10:15 pm ET (6:15-7:15 pm PT). The world premiere event will be live streamed by IGN via Facebook LIVE, YouTube, and IGN.com.

The one-hour show, produced by IGN, in association with Lionsgate, will stream live from Mann Village Theater in Los Angeles. Hosted by Tiffany Smith and IGN’s very own Terri Schwartz and Joshua Yehl, the live red carpet experience will feature exclusive interviews with talent and celebrities, offering Power Ranger fans a front row seat to the excitement of the highly anticipated premiere first-hand.

Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G. and other special guests are expected to be in attendance. Plus Bill Hader and Elizabeth Banks will also be stopping by to answer questions, taken directly from IGN’s Facebook, enabling fans to participate in the red carpet in real time.

“IGN's collaboration with Lionsgate on Facebook LIVE is a great way for Power Rangers fans all over the world to experience the mega red carpet event first hand. Both IGN and the Power Rangers have been a dominant force since the 90's, so it's only appropriate that we come together on the biggest stage of them all - a Hollywood premiere,” said Wade Beckett, SVP of Video at IGN Entertainment.

Stay connected and part of the fun by using hashtag #PowerRangersMovie. Catch all the excitement live from the red carpet at www.facebook.com/ign, www.youtube.com/ign and www.IGN.com.

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About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment is the leading Internet media company focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets. IGN reaches more than 137 million monthly users and is followed by more than 9 million subscribers on YouTube and 21 million users on social platforms. IGN also publishes daily content on Snapchat Discover.

Established in 1996, IGN is operated by digital media company Ziff Davis, LLC, a subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc. IGN is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and London. IGN content is localized in 25 languages and 114 countries and hosted on websites and native applications on mobile, connected TV, and Xbox and PlayStation platforms. For more information, visit www.IGN.com and follow @IGN on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) is a vertically integrated next generation global content leader with a diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, premium pay television networks, home entertainment, global distribution and sales, interactive ventures and games and location-based entertainment.

With the acquisition of Starz, Lionsgate adds to its portfolio of businesses the flagship STARZ premium pay network serving 24.3 million subscribers and the STARZ ENCOREplatform with 31 million subscribers. The combined company will operate five over-the-top (OTT) streaming services and the STARZ app delivering content directly to consumers.

The Company’s feature film business spans eight labels and includes the blockbuster The Hunger Games franchise, the Now You See Me series, the box office blockbuster La La Land, which won six Academy Awards®, the hit franchise sequel John Wick: Chapter Two, double Oscar winner Hacksaw Ridge, Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, The Shack, CBS Films/Lionsgate’s Hell or High Water, Roadside Attractions' critically-acclaimed Manchester by the Sea, Codeblack Films’ breakout concert film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain and Pantelion Films’ Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

One of the largest independent television businesses in the world, Lionsgate’s slate of premium quality series encompasses nearly 90 shows on more than 40 different networks. These include the ground-breaking Orange is the New Black, the fan favorite Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show, the hit drama The Royals, the acclaimed Casual, the breakout success Greenleaf and hit STARZ series including Outlander, Black Sails, Survivor’s Remorse and Power, the second highest-rated premium pay television series of 2016.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of more than 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as a foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment and Starz brands are synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world. www.lionsgate.com

Media Contact:

Kiersten Slader, IGN Entertainment

kslader@ign.com | 415.627.8939