The film world was shaken up recently by the news that Participant Media is dissolving. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, a ...

Participant Media is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll announced the news in a note to staff Tuesday, noting, “after much ...

The company had critical and commercial hits over two decades but never made money consistently and faced a challenging ...

Participant Media founder Jeff Skoll is shutting down operations of the 20-year-old production company behind An Inconvenient ...

Participant was so good at bringing a doc into the world in a high-impact way,” doc director Julie Cohen said.

Participant founder Jeff Skoll told staff the production company behind "Spotlight" and "Green Book" would wind down ...

Participant Media, a 20-year-old independent studio focused on socially conscious filmmaking, is winding down its operations.

Participant founder Jeff Skoll saw something that few in Hollywood could: the dollars-and-cents of investing in a film was ...

“It’s very sad, but perhaps inevitable,” one C-suite Hollywood executive told Variety on the condition of anonymity. The exec ...

The news last week that Participant Media would be shutting down hit the documentary community with particular force.

At first, I was shocked by the news that Participant Media was dying. Such an appealing company. Smart. Mindful. Vibrant.

For 20 years, Participant has stood as the leading global media company focused on timely and emotionally transformational stories which speak to the world’s most pressing issues. When I founded ...