GREG GOODFRIED
Co-Founder, President and COO, EQAL
Co-Creator and Executive Producer, lonelygirl15 and KateModern
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Greg Goodfried is the co-founder, president and COO of the social entertainment company, EQAL, and is the co-creator and executive producer of the online video series’ lonelygirl15 and KateModern. While practicing law as a first-year associate, Goodfried, along with Miles Beckett and Mesh Flinders, created lonelygirl15 in the summer of 2006.
Goodfried and Beckett followed this success by launching KateModern in the summer of 2007 and formed EQAL to develop and create new interactive shows. lonelygirl15 and KateModern became pop culture phenomena and are the most popular online interactive shows, collectively receiving more than 150 million views to date.
As an entertainment attorney, Goodfried’s a background is in new media and copyright law. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley where he was a member of the men's varsity golf team. He received a J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles and went on to practice law at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP. Goodfried is married to Amanda Goodfried, series producer on lonelygirl15 and head of production for EQAL’s Los Angeles office.
As an expert on the convergence of entertainment and technology and online video, Goodfried has spoken on panels throughout Europe and across the U.S. and Canada and was a co-host with Miles Beckett of Mixed Media, a live streaming web show on NowLive (nowlive.com).
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