Generate is a Los Angeles-based entertainment studio that produces content for distribution across media, including the

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, film,

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and

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. The company completed a $6 million

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of funding backed by Velocity Interactive Group and MK Capital in March 2008, in addition to naming co-founding partner Jordan Levin

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. Levin was formerly CEO of The WB. Generate opened an office in New York City in June 2008. According to Levin Generate's business model is "about trying to syndicate ontentout to as many sites as possible and at the same time allow an advertiser or sponsor to travel with that content as it migrates across platforms." Generate also has a management arm that represents

entertainers Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousand ...

including

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom '' The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

Brian Posehn Brian Edmund Posehn (; born July 6, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician, and writer. After numerous appearances as a television guest star, Posehn acquired his first major recurring role in HBO's '' Mr. Show wit ...

Al Madrigal Alessandro Liborio Madrigal (born July 4, 1971)"'W ...

Adam Rifkin Adam Rifkin (born December 31, 1966), sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American filmmaker, and actor. His career ranges from broad family comedies to dark and gritty urban dramas. He is best known for writing family-friendly comedies lik ...

Arj Barker Arjan Singh Āulakh (born 12 August 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He was born to an engineer father ...

Nat Coombs Nathaniel George Terence Coombs (born August 1977) is a British television and radio presenter, and writer. Education Coombs was educated at the boys' independent school Dulwich College in Dulwich, South London, and at University College Londo ...

and Jon Reep. On August 19, 2008, Generate debuted "Republicrats" in partnership with

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. The Web series "follows the comedic presidential aspirations of Sean Masterson. Masterson’s political platform is his lack of one. His character doesn’t harbor any of those pesky strong opinions on topics of the day. There will be 24 episodes of Republicrats with new episodes launching twice a week" until

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2008. Generate produced "Republicrats," which is hosted on MS

Other projects include "Chocolate News" with

David Alan Grier David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work as Bernard on ''Damon (TV series), Damon'' (1998), as David Bellows on ''Life with Bonnie'' (2002–2004), as Joe Carmichael on ''The Carmic ...

which premiered on

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in October 2008, as well as Pink: The Serie

a

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about a female assassin played by Natalie Raitano.

References

External links

Official site

Pink: The Series official site

Republicrats official site
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