DAILY NEWS: Lipskys Unite at Lot47; WildBrain & SciFi, and Eveo's Directorsby Eugene Hernandez and Jeff Barker/indieWIRE>> Lipskys 3, Weinsteins 2 as Middle Brother Mark Joins Lot 47; Company Evolving "Digital Strategy" (indieWIRE/11.01.00) -- Mark Lipsky, an indie industry veteran whorecently spent time in the dotcom world, is returning to thefilm biz by joining his older brother Jeff and his youngerbrother Scott at Lot 47 Films. Lot 47, with one brother whohas deep experience in indie film distribution (Jeff) andanother with a background in the Internet biz (Scott), willbe relying on Mark, in part, to help the company create a"digital str...
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