PorchLight Appoints Karen Roberts as Sr. VP of Acquisitions

LOS ANGELES, June 29:
PorchLight Entertainment has appointed Karen Roberts to the newly created post
of Senior Vice President of Acquisitions.

Roberts will be based in
Los Angeles and report to Bruce Johnson, PorchLight’s CEO and William Baumann,
the COO. Roberts and her team will be responsible for identifying and acquiring
finished feature films that support PorchLight’s overall acquisition strategy
while adding new projects to the company’s development slate.

“Karen has the experience,
knowledge and energy to take us to an even higher level in building an
expansive library,” says Baumann. “She can zero in on programming that can be
distributed to multi-media outlets and generate ancillary revenue streams for
the company worldwide.”

Roberts comes to
PorchLight from Dream Entertainment where she was Sr VP of acquisitions and
development. Prior to joining Dream Entertainment, Roberts served as Sr VP of
acquisitions and development for Myriad Pictures.