Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO to speak at Case School Of Law
Speech is first in annual Distinguished Lecture
in Law and the Arts series
March 7, 2005 | For more information: Jeff
Bendix (216)-368-6070
Barry M. Meyer, chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Bros.
Entertainment and a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School
of Law, is returning to his alma mater to deliver the first annual Distinguished
Lecture in Law and the Arts.
Meyer’s talk, “Intellectual Property in the Digital Age:
Challenges and Opportunities,” will take place Thursday, April
7, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in room A59 of the law school, 11075 East Blvd.,
and will be followed by a reception. It is free and open to the public
and one hour of CLE credit is available. The event is sponsored by the
law school’s Center for Law, Technology and the Arts.
“We are grateful to have Barry Meyer lecture at our law school,” said
Gerald Korngold, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law. “As a Case
alumnus, he has not only demonstrated his support but can also bring
a wealth of knowledge to our community on the legal issues of intellectual
property.”
One of the most respected executives in the entertainment industry,
Meyer was named chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Bros.
on October 4, 1999. He joined the company in 1971 as director, business
affairs for Warner Bros. television following more than two years in
the legal and business affairs departments of the ABC television network.
In 1972 he was named vice president, business affairs, for Warner Bros.
Television. In 1978 he became executive vice president for the television
division and in 1984 was promoted to executive vice president of Warner
Bros. Inc., taking charge of all of the studio’s television operations.
In 1994 Meyer took on the added responsibilities of chief operating
officer, which included oversight of the company’s general operations
and all of the studio’s television
production and distribution operations. Meyer was also an architect
of the WB Television Network, which went on the air in January 1995.
Meyer is a key adviser on industry-wide production, labor and regulatory
issues and serves on several boards including the Motion Picture Association
of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the American
Film Institute, the Academy of Television Arts, the Hollywood Radio
and Television Society, the University of Rochester and Human Rights
Watch. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester
and is admitted to the bar in New York and Ohio.
For more information call 216-368-3308 or 800-492-3308, visit the law
school’s Web site at http://www.law.case.edu or e-mail lawalumni@case.edu.
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