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In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (September 4, 2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton (MBA ’87) declared that from his perspective “the global economy in general — and the entertainment business in particular — is absolutely not turning the world into an American shopping mall.” Citing an “explosion of home-grown content” in diverse countries around the world, he added that “globalization does not mean homogeneity. It means heterogeneity.”
Lynton’s is a respected voice, as was underscored a few days after his WSJ column when he and Sony Pictures cochairman Amy Pascal were honored with Variety’s 2007 “Showman of the Year” award. The pair, cited for personifying excellence in entertainment and for setting standards for performance and leadership, have overseen hits such as The Pink Panther, The Da Vinci Code, and Talladega Nights, among many others.
“In Hollywood shorthand, Pascal’s the creative and Lynton’s the suit, but that shorthand suggests more conflict, and rigid boundaries, than exist for this pair,” Variety (September 10, 2007) asserted. Said Pascal of Lynton, “What he does in his own enigmatic, quiet way is make everyone better — and he gets enormous pleasure from making people look good.”
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