PayPal Vet Selby Launches Digital Film Production, Distribution And Marketing Firm
Former PayPal SVP Jack Selby is getting into the film business: He’s funding and launching Horsethief Productions, a digital movie production, distribution and marketing firm. Selby currently serves as managing director of hedge fund Clarium Capital Management; before Clarium, he spent three years as SVP of corporate and international development at PayPal.
Horsethief plans to release two-to-three films per year on various digital platforms, including VOD, subscription services like Netflix and premium video channels like Hulu. The company will also rely on the web to promote its content. For example, its first film, The Last Rights of Ransom Pride, already boasts two microsites: lastritesfilm.com, and whokilledthedwarf.com, which introduces viewers to “The Dwarf,” one of the main characters in the film.