Jay Larkin

Overview

Jay Larkin joined us on September 21, 2007 as our President and Chief Operating Officer and became our Interim Chief Executive Officer on November 19, 2007. In 2006, Mr. Larkin began his own multimedia production company, which provided services to us in early 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Larkin was with Showtime Networks in various positions from 1984 until 2006. In his last position with Showtime, Mr. Larkin was Senior Vice President and Senior Executive Producer of Showtime Sports & Event Programming for Showtime Networks. In that capacity, he was responsible for the programming, acquisition and production of comedy and music events for the premium television network as well as running the company"s highly successful boxing franchise. In 2005, Mr. Larkin received nominations for both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Mr. Larkin has been intricately involved in the marketing, distribution and production of many record-setting and award-winning pay-per-view concerts including "The Backstreet Boys in Concert," "The Spice Girls: Wild," "The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels," and "Music for Montserrat" featuring Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Sting and Elton John. Prior to being employed by Showtime, Mr. Larkin"s worked extensively in professional theater and the performing arts, both on- and off-Broadway. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and directing from C.W. Post College of Long Island University. He also studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and UCLA"s School of Theater, Film and Television.