The news earlier this month that technology billionaire Jeff Skoll was shutting down Participant Media, his do-gooder entertainment studio that produced a string of hit films, struck me as sadly ...

After 20 years, Participant is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll announced the news in a note to staff Tuesday, writing, “after much reflection, I have made the very difficult decision to wind ...

The film world was shaken up recently by the news that Participant Media is dissolving. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, a few familiar titles should: Participant co-produced such Oscar winners ...

For 20 years, Participant Media has been Hollywood’s pre-eminent maker of activist entertainment, backing socially conscious films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” a climate change cri de coeur ...

Participant Media CEO Jim Berk resigned Friday after more than eight years atop the multimedia company, with founder Jeff Skoll announcing he would serve as temporary chief executive of the ...

Participant Media said on Monday that Jonathan King will step down from his role as president of narrative film and TV in order to segue into independent production. King has been with Participant ...

Founded in 2004, Participant Media, a production company known for its sociopolitical daring, burned an unusually bright arc across a filmscape that, more typically, reserved its fireworks for ...

In “Snitch,” a thriller set in the dangerous drug world, Dwayne Johnson plays a father who goes to work as a drug informant to free his jailed son. The PG-13 film from Participant Media ...

Digging deeper into the do-good business, Jeff Skoll's Participant Media, a socially conscious entertainment company, is buying Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake, a similarly oriented digital enterprise ...

Participant Media, a key backer of touchstone documentaries such as "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Food," Inc., isn’t afraid to take on divisive issues like government secrecy and the state of ...

Participant Media is currently in production on its first unscripted series, America To Me, from Hoop Dreams filmmaker Steve James.