Cookie Jar Bolsters Digital Team

BURBANK: Jim McGowan has been appointed senior VP of digital content and distribution for Cookie Jar Entertainment, based in Burbank and reporting to Toper Taylor, the company’s president and COO. 

McGowan comes to the role after having ran his own entertainment and media consulting company for the past three years. His clients included Entertainment Rights, Twentieth Century Fox, Starz Media and Dentsu Communications. Prior to this, McGowan served as director of entertainment business development for Mattel. He also served an eight-year tenure at Pioneer Entertainment, where he ran the company’s animation division. Previously, he spent five years with Paramount Pictures Licensing Group. 

“For the past 20 years, Jim has held executive positions at major film studios and consumer products companies, and his expertise will be a great asset to Cookie Jar Entertainment,” said Taylor. “He will play a major role in the continued expansion of our digital media department.”