Overview
GoDigital Media Group (GDMG) is a diversified multi-national conglomerate founded in 2006 by Jason Peterson and headquartered in Los Angeles. GDMG focuses on intellectual property rights management through divisions in music, video networks, and brands (commerce). CEO Jason Peterson's “Content is King” philosophy for GoDigital closely resembles that of Sumner Redstone, the 80's media mogul that grew his father's drive-in theater business into a content-centric empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS.
Background
GoDigital Media Group was founded by CEO and Chairman Jason Peterson in 2006 as a digital music distributor.
In 2007 GDMG created a division named AdShare, the first social media monetization business identifying, tracking, and monetizing rights on YouTube.
In 2008, Peterson and GDMG created a digital video division eponymously named GoDigital, inc, that specialized in digital movie distribution. In January 2012, GoDigital, inc acquired Might Entertainment for its 800 film catalog creating a combined company with over 1,100 titles. In August, 2012 GoDigital, Inc. was majority sold to Preferred Ventures who made a control investment. Preferred Ventures then merged GoDigital inc with Variance Films in January 2014, forming a new theatrical movie distribution entity, Amplify.
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