Michael Minden Named Senior Vice President, Business Affairs At Shine America

Minden, who has been Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at Viacom Media Networks (formerly MTV Networks) since 2008, will serve as a senior negotiator and business advisor to the company and oversee all entertainment-related legal matters.

Bennett, who previously served as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs at A+E Television Networks, will be the primary business affairs executive for Shine 360˚, handling product integrations, ancillary licensing, marketing and other related matters.

“Mike is a veteran entertainment business affairs executive with contacts throughout the industry who can handle anything from scripted to reality and Yvonne is one of the most versatile entertainment lawyers I have worked with,” said Schneider, who joined Shine America in July.

For the last five years, Minden has overseen a team of MTV and CMT executives responsible for the business and legal affairs of the networks’ scripted and unscripted programming. From 2005-2008, Minden served as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs at Viacom Media Networks.

Previously, Minden represented a wide array of writers, actors, directors and producers in film, TV, print and commercial work while in private practice for nearly ten years. Minden holds a JD from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a BA in Economics from UCLA.

Bennett was previously VP, Business & Legal Affairs at A+E Television Networks in Los Angeles, where she provided strategic legal/business advice and support to the company’s program acquisitions, marketing, publicity, ad sales, public affairs and other business units.

Bennett has also served as a vice president in business and legal affairs at Gemstar/TV Guide, The Walt Disney Company, Fox Family Channel and Encore Media. She also owned and operated her own real estate company, Catharsis Capital Group, from 2005-2008.

Bennett holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, an MA in Mass Communications from Howard University and a BA in English from West Virginia Wesleyan College.