Edison Nation Announces Board Appointment of Media Industry Leader Mary Ann Halford As Company Accelerates Media Efforts
April 22 2020 - 7:30AM
Edison Nation, Inc., a multifaceted ecosystem that fosters
innovation and drives IP, media and consumer products, announces
the addition of media and entertainment industry leader Mary Ann
Halford as the company expands its television and media content
offerings.
“I am very excited about joining Edison Nation’s
board at this time. I believe that the company’s media efforts will
prove to be the foundation of a vibrant innovative ecosystem and
driver of continued success.” says Mary Ann Halford.
“We are pleased to welcome Mary Ann Halford to
our board during an exciting period of growth,” said Christopher
Ferguson, Edison Nation’s CEO. “Mary Ann joins us as we drive our
media strategy forward and build omni-channel relationships with
our community. The addition of Mary Ann brings a wealth of
knowledge and host of relationships in the media and entertainment
space, and we are confident she will be a catalyst for growth as we
expand on our already successful Everyday Edisons show.”
In addition to successfully bringing back the
Emmy-Award winning Everyday Edisons television show on Crackle, the
Company has several additional television shows in the pipeline,
short form media content, podcast content, and community and video
based e-Learning properties set to launch in 2020. Media will grow
to become a pivotal part of the Edison Nation model. Media and
entertainment present the opportunity to engage our ecosystem at
multiple levels, creating a showcase of Edison Nation products,
driving IP, and incubating the next big idea.
About Mary Ann Halford
Mary Ann Halford has been actively building
businesses in the media and entertainment industry in the U.S. and
internationally. She has worked as both an operator and a
consultant.
She is currently a Senior Advisor to OC&C
Strategy Consultants as well as independently consulting clients,
largely in the filmed entertainment and broadcasting industries.
She is also an Executive in Residence at Progress Partners, a
Boston and New York-based investment banking firm. From 2012
through early 2017, Mary Ann was a key leader in building and
developing FTI Consulting’s media and entertainment practice in
both the US and EMEA, working largely with broadcasters and content
production and distribution companies. She also launched FTI’s
media and entertainment practice in EMEA. As an operator, Mary Ann
has held several leadership positions in the media and
entertainment businesses, including Fox where she built out the
platform for the Fox International Channels.
Additionally, Mary Ann served on the Board of
Directors for Triton Digital from 2007 through 2015. Mary Ann
resides in NYC and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a
B.A. from Georgetown University.
About Edison Nation, Inc.
Edison Nation, Inc. (EDNT), is a multifaceted
ecosystem which fosters innovation and drives IP, media and
consumer products. Edison offers innovation sourcing, product
design, sales, manufacturing, and fulfillment services. Edison
Nation’s model is to source innovative ideas to launch internally
or license to brand partners. Edison Nation hopes to leverage its
television property, Everyday Edisons, to become the recognized
leader in the innovator community.For more information, please
visit www.edisonnation.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All
statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in
this press release regarding strategy, future operations and plans,
including assumptions underlying such statements, are
forward-looking statements, and should not be relied upon as
representing the Company's views as of any subsequent date. Such
forward-looking statements are based on information available to
the Company as of the date of this release and involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, some beyond the Company's control, that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including
consumer, regulatory and other factors affecting demand for the
Company's products, any difficulty in marketing the Company's
products in global markets, competition in the market for consumer
products, any inability to raise capital to fund operations and
service the Company's debt. Additional information that could lead
to material changes in the Company's performance is contained in
its filings with the SEC. The Company is under no obligation to,
and expressly disclaims any responsibility to, update or alter
forward-looking statements contained in this release, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investor Relations: Aimee Carroll Phone: (484)
893-0060 Email: Investors@edisonnation.comSource: Edison Nation,
Inc.Released April 22, 2020
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