The Sony Hack | The Mistakes Series

About this episode

Michael Lynton discusses the significant mistake he made in greenlighting a film that resulted in an international incident.

The former head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Michael Lynton, tells Malcolm about a time he made a really big mistake: greenlighting a film that would lead to an international incident.   You can learn more about Michael Lynton and Josh Steiner’s book,  From Mistakes to Meaning , here . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Malcolm

Guest: Michael Lynton

Topics covered

• Sony Hack
• film industry
• international incident

Keywords

• mistakes
• Sony Pictures
• From Mistakes to Meaning

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