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Matthew Smith has served as the Distributor’s President since January 2 2008. Prior to joining the Distributor Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President for Media Development & Studios for Blockbuster Inc. (Blockbuster) since August 2007. Mr. Smith joined Blockbuster in 1990 and during his tenure served in a variety of executive positions including International Product Director from 1998 to 2001 Vice President of Studio Relations & International Merchandising from 2001 to 2003 Senior Vice President and General Manager Content from 2003 to 2005 (during which he was responsible for Blockbuster’s studio agreements on a worldwide basis) and Senior Vice President General Merchandising Manager from 2005 to August 2007 (during which he was responsible for all aspects of the merchandising of Blockbuster’s products). In addition he managed DEJ Productions the Blockbuster entity that produced such films as Oscar® winning movies Monster and Crash. Prior to joining Blockbuster Mr. Smith worked in the entertainment industry with both EMI and RCA.
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