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Lindy Dekoven

Author of Primetime Princess

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Lake Union Publishing
(February 10, 2015)
304 pages
$14.95
ISBN: 978-1477821398

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Read the interview at Book Pleasures.com

Read the interview in The Women Take Over

Read Indiewire, Women and Hollywood interview with Lindy DeKoven

Watch the Arthur Kade interview with Lindy DeKoven, as she chats about Primetime Princess 

Read Book of the Month, Primetime Princess for Hollywood Fiction Lovers

Primetime Princess, featured at SheKnows.com

Read the article about Lindy DeKoven and Primetime Princess in The Daily Beast

Listen to Primetime Princess interview with Lindy on SoundCloud Book Talk

Read Millions of Dollars Wasted During Hollywood Pilot Season on FoxNews.com


Hello Giggles Mentor Video

Jul 8, 2012

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Alessandra Rizzotti sits down with Lindy DeKoven, Former NBC EVP And Chair Of The California Commission On The Status Of Women, Discusses Women In Media and Politics

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the UltraViolet

Jan 12, 2012

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Feminist film sparks media discussion

As a clip of Gossip Girl’s protago­nist Serena Van der Woodsen seduc­tively eating a strawberry flashed on the screen in Caswell Hall, a burst of laughter emanated from the crowd. Students murmured in disgust and subsiding horror when a shot of Tod­dlers in Tiaras appeared.

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Press Tour – Miss Representation

Jan 6, 2012

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Daphne Zuniga and I speaking at The Marlborough School for Girls about the documentary film, “Miss Representation.” Hoping to inspire the next generation of leaders.


The Wrap – Covering Hollywood

Sep 15, 2011

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We Gave Meaning to the Word ‘Broadcast’

Arthur Axelman’s Hollyblog, “Pulling Strings in Hollywood: The Business of Making TV Movies,” is full of irresponsible statements and erroneous information.
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California Film Commission Newsletter

Spring 2011

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Welcome New CFC Board Members

During its January 28th board meeting, the California Film Commission welcomed four newly appointed board members: Hilary Armstrong, President of Fire of Life Films; Fred Baron, Executive Vice President of Feature Production at 20th Century Fox; Lindy DeKoven, President of DeKoven Entertainment; and Aaron McLear, Former Press Secretary for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also new to the board is California Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada/Flintridge).

Please visit CFC’s website for a complete list of 2011 Board members.

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Deadline Hollywood

Jan 2, 2011

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Exiting Governator Names His Flack To California Film Commission

It wasn’t enough that the Guvernator Ah-nuld mucked up California. On New Year’s Eve, Schwarzenegger made a slew of last-day political appointments and re-appointments in a smoke-filled room, and put his 3-year press secretary Aaron McLear on the California Film Commission. Others in the unsalaried positions include TV veteran Lindy DeKoven, former NBC Entertainment EVP, and Moulin Rouge producer Fred Baron, EVP of feature production for Twentieth Century Fox.

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CBS Watch! Magazine

June 2010

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A Role of a Lifetime

CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler began as an actor, but won success as a top executive who calls the shots behind the camera.

“From her female boss, Warner Bros. producer Lindy DeKoven, Tassler says, “I learned an enormous amount. She was a very strong presence, and did not suffer fools. She taught me so much about being thorough, and paying attention to detail. It was trial by fire, because she really had to see if I had the goods.”

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Savor Talk! Radio Broadcast

July 15, 2009

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Lindy DeKoven, founder of Lindy DeKoven Coaching is interviewed by host Angela Jia Kim on “Savor Talk”. The show teaches women how to stay on top and reveals the inside secrets from acclaimed authors and business experts.

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Career Rescue

June 22, 2009

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Soar to new heights with Kim Thompson

How to break into extremely competitive careers

The recession and downturn in the job market has made a lot of career fields competitive, however there remains a few that could fall under the heading of extremely competitive career fields.

These are careers that have a high fame-and-fortune payoff, but are also extremely competitive.

Lindy DeKoven, formerly executive vice president, miniseries for television, NBC Entertainment and NBC Studios, knows what it is like to work in a highly competitive field.

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Biz vet shares her lessons learned

Apr. 28, 2009

DeKoven talks about Hollywood power plays

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By Brian Lowry

AS NBC’S MOVIE and miniseries chief, Lindy DeKoven was instrumental in dictating who thrived and didn’t in the TV-movie business during the 1990s. Yet when she took that position, friends sought to provide perspective by presenting her with a little chair that she kept on her desk, bearing a plaque that read, “The power’s in the chair.”

“The sooner you understand that, the better off you’ll be,” DeKoven said over lunch recently.

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