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
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
the UltraViolet
Jan 12, 2012
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.
Press Tour – Miss Representation
Jan 6, 2012
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
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.
View the complete article
California Film Commission Newsletter
Spring 2011
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.
Deadline Hollywood
Jan 2, 2011
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.
CBS Watch! Magazine
June 2010
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.”
Savor Talk! Radio Broadcast
July 15, 2009
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.
Career Rescue
June 22, 2009
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.
Biz vet shares her lessons learned
Apr. 28, 2009
DeKoven talks about Hollywood power plays
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.