LION - Linkedin Open Networker - Feel free to send me an invite at JStrader at Quattromedia.comJim Strader is an over 20 year veteran of the entertainment industry at the forefront of transmedia content before it was called transmedia. Beginning his entertainment career at Boston University as a concert and event promoter, Strader promoted over 100 events including Denis Leary, Paula Poundstone, Jay Leno and The Ramones. Upon graduation, he received the University’s Scarlett Key Award, the highest award bestowed on a graduating student for his contribution to the University community. Strader went on to found his own management firm, Strader Entertainment in 1989. In 1992, Strader co-created and sold the TV show Weird America to Showtime Networks. In 1999, Strader merged his company with AniManagement becoming a partner in the firm and driving its change from an agency to management firm. The firm saw rapid growth and expansion which led to the firm’s subsequent merger with consulting firm Battle Management and the creation of successor firm Quattro Media in 2004. In taking over all operations of Quattro in the spring of 2007, Strader quickly began a transformation of the Company from a management firm to a company that also owns and distributes content. One of the first new initiatives Strader has embarked on is to set up Madness, a new publishing division. The company has acquired its first young adult title, is in negotiations on two childrens books as well as two graphic novels which will debut under the Malevolent imprint. Launched the Tinsel Road Books imprint in November 2008 with the publication of THE DIRECTORY of Comic Book and Graphic Novel Publishers.Currently open to submissions for the various publishing imprints. Tinsel Road seeks entertainment-centric offerings; Madness, YA and kids material and Malevolent, more adult and teen fare.Specialties: Whether advising in the sale of rights or representing key talent, I've been involved in more than a hundred television shows and movies. I've also been at the forefront of defining deal making for emerging platforms including broadband and mobile content distribution. In 2000, I was the only non-attorney invited as a panelist to the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.