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59-682: Chernin was born in Harrison, New York , the son of Mary (née Townsend) and Herbert Chernin. Chernin, whose father was Jewish , was raised Unitarian . He attended and graduated with a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley . Chernin joined Fox in 1989 from Lorimar Film Entertainment, where he was president and chief operating officer. Earlier, he was executive vice president of programming and marketing for Showtime / The Movie Channel . Prior to Showtime, Chernin

118-552: A $ 150 million investment from Qatar Investment Authority , in addition to an existing $ 500 million from Providence Equity and $ 300 million from Apollo Global Management to enable investment in media and technology companies and pursuit of strategic acquisitions. In February 2023, Reuters reported that Chernin was linked to interest in ITV Studios , the maker of hit show "Love Island". In July 2023, Chernin's investment vehicle, The North Road Company, expressed an interest in

177-720: A 750,000-square-foot (70,000 m ) building, was in Harrison. In 2002, after Chevron and Texaco merged, Chevron sold the former Texaco Headquarters to Morgan Stanley . Morgan Stanley bought the building and the surrounding 107 acres (0.43 km ) for $ 42 million. Previously, Lenovo had its U.S. headquarters in Purchase. In 2006, the company announced it was moving to Morrisville, North Carolina . Harrison Central School District operates Harrison High School , and Louis M. Klein Middle School , both located in

236-546: A Haviland Street in the downtown business district, as well as a Haviland Road in the Sterling Ridge neighborhood of Harrison, whose only street sign is of a historic wrought iron design in scrolled shapes, quite older than many others throughout the town. In 1867, Benjamin Holladay purchased a tract of land, which is now the campus of Manhattanville College . He constructed an elaborate granite mansion, now known as

295-591: A comedy starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler , which was released in December 2012, the sci-fi thriller from Joseph Kosinski , Oblivion , starring Tom Cruise , and The Heat , starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock . TCG launched CA Media in November 2010, which aims to strategically build, manage, and operate media, entertainment, and technology businesses in Asia. In July 2011, CA Media invested in

354-536: A community in Harrison, so that corporations could not build in the community. In response, officials from the Town of Harrison put forward plans to try to become a city to try to stop Purchase from seceding from Harrison. The resolution was for the Town became a hybrid "Town / Village", which it remains today. John A. Passidomo (1921–2005) was first elected mayor in 1965 by only 67 votes. Re-elected eight times, he served until 1983 when he resigned to become Commissioner of

413-580: A half mile from the train station, was purchased by real estate developer Sidney H. Sonn, of H. & S. Sonn Co., based in New York City, and subdivided into lots for a real estate development. H. & S. Sonn laid out new streets throughout, preserving the farm's private access road to the farm residence as today's Sunny Ridge Road. According to a 1928 article in The New York Times , "[H. & S. Sonn] virtually transformed their part of

472-727: A majority stake in CA Media, an Asia-based media investment company; and several strategic investments in U.S. based technology and media companies including Pandora , Fullscreen , Tumblr , Barstool Sports , and Flipboard . The company's first feature film Rise of the Planet of the Apes , was released in August 2011. and has grossed more than $ 480 million at the worldwide box office. Chernin Entertainment produced Parental Guidance ,

531-485: A minority stake of TCG to strategic investment partners Providence Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm, and other private investors. In April 2013, Chernin made a bid of around $ 500 million for Hulu , an online video streaming service. TCG is listed as an investor in Tumblr , which WSJ.com reported on May 19, 2013, would be sold to Yahoo for US$ 1.1 Billion. On December 2, 2013, TCG announced that they had acquired

590-500: A patent granted by the British government to John Harrison and three others, who had a year earlier bargained with local Native Americans to purchase an area of land above Westchester Path, an old trail that led from Manhattan to Port Chester and below Rye Lake. Local custom holds that Harrison was given 24 hours to ride his horse around the area he could claim, and the horse could not swim or did not want to get its feet wet, but this

649-753: A role in Yahoo!'s future after Carol Bartz's abrupt departure in September 2011. At the All Things Digital's AsiaD Conference in Hong Kong on October 20, 2011, Chernin dismissed that he was interested in pursuing opportunities with the company. Since his departure from News Corp. in 2009, Chernin has been the chairman of his own company, The Chernin Group (TCG) . TCG's current assets include Chernin Entertainment , an entertainment production company;

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708-517: A unique mastery of both the creative and corporate sides of the entertainment business. He headed both Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment and, earlier, the Fox Broadcasting Company . He has also had oversight of Fox's tremendous growth in sports, cable and general entertainment television programming and distribution in the U.S. and internationally. Under Chernin's leadership, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation produced

767-539: Is a private high school located in Purchase . The State University of New York at Purchase and Manhattanville University are located in Purchase. In 2008, Fordham University opened its Westchester campus in West Harrison on 32 landscaped acres with a stream and pond. Harrison is traversed by several of Westchester County's major arteries. Harrison is served by several other significant roads. Harrison

826-472: Is folklore. In fact, the land below Westchester Path and along Long Island Sound had already been purchased and partly developed by the settlers of Rye, New York . The area that became Harrison had also been sold in 1661 or 1662, and again in 1666, to Peter Disbrow, John Budd, and other investors or early residents of Rye. Disbrow and Budd evidently lost their paperwork and the land was ultimately granted to Harrison and his co-investors in 1696. So upset were

885-472: Is located in the downtown section on Halstead Avenue, and the other is in Purchase, facing Purchase Street , near the intersection with Anderson Hill Road. All Things Digital AllThingsD.com was a US online publication that specialized in technology and startup company news, analysis and coverage. It was founded in 2007 by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg , as an extension of the annual meetings D: All Things Digital Conference . All Things Digital

944-623: Is really only one road into it, although there are a few other "back" ways into it. The road is called Lake Street, flanked on one side by Silver Lake Park, bordering the lake, and by a small business district on the other side of the street. West Harrison contains the Passidomo Veterans Memorial Park and Pool and the Leo Mintzer Center. West Harrison also contains the site of the Battle of White Plains from

1003-618: Is served by several Bee-Line Bus routes. Harrison is served by the New Haven Line of the Metro-North Railroad at the Harrison station, near the intersection of NY 127 /Harrison Avenue and Halstead Avenue downtown. Harrison is served by Westchester County Airport , which is partially located in Purchase . Places of worship in Harrison include: Roman Catholic Orthodox Christians Episcopalian Presbyterian Jewish There are several cemeteries in

1062-485: Is split into the four sections mentioned above, and is flanked by Interstate 95 , the Hutchinson River Parkway , and the Metro-North Railroad . The manmade lines create isolation to areas, with few areas to cross each. Harrison's only middle school, Louis M. Klein Middle School, and only High School, Harrison High School , are located in the "downtown" area. The four areas of downtown, as separated by

1121-593: The Wall Street Journal reported that Peter Chernin made the decision to leave News Corporation after 20 years, to pursue independent entrepreneurial ventures. On June 4, 2009 Chase Carey was named Chernin's successor at his position. Chernin was approached in October 2010 by the Tribune Company to be either CEO or chairman of the board. There was also media speculation about Chernin's having

1180-490: The Great Depression . The remaining vast majority of homes were constructed beginning in the middle-1940s, with the last plots filled during the 1950s. The styles of the newer, 1940s-era homes was primarily of colonial revival style, with the newest ranging into Mid-century-Modern . The older, Tudor homes as a result remain quite notable. In 1967, 200 residents stated support for a plan to incorporate Purchase ,

1239-522: The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles . In his two and a half years at that job, he helped pass one of the nation's first seat-belt laws despite the law's unpopularity. Harrison's "Platinum Mile", a string of corporate office parks along I-287 in the Purchase section of Harrison, developed under Passidomo. The mayor played an instrumental role in attracting large corporations such as PepsiCo , MasterCard and Texaco . In

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1298-476: The Revolutionary War . West Harrison is also the home of Buckout Road, which was said to have been a home of witches, albinos, and slaughters. Purchase is a more secluded area of Harrison, with winding roads and deep woods. The houses are larger, in often cases whole swaths of land developed in the late twentieth century, and early 2000s, comparably younger in age to the rest of the town. Downtown

1357-615: The U.S. Census Bureau , the town (and coterminous village) has a total area of 17.4 square miles (45 km ), of which 16.8 square miles (44 km ) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km ), or 3.22%, is water. The population was 27,472 at the 2010 census. The distance from Harrison Station to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan is about 27 miles (43 km). Harrison is bordered by North Castle , White Plains , Rye town , Rye city , Mamaroneck , and Scarsdale . The New England Thruway ( I-95 ) runs through

1416-586: The anime streaming site Crunchyroll in an effort to expand their online video assets. The acquisition was rumoured to priced at around $ 100 million. On January 7, 2016, it was announced by David Portnoy in a video that Chernin Media was acquiring a majority stake in the popular website Barstool Sports and moving the headquarters to New York City. In 2018, Chernin, Jesse Jacobs, and Michael Kerns of The Chernin Group formed TCG Capital Management , an investment advisory firm. TCG manages private equity investments in

1475-553: The 2000 census, there were 24,154 people, 8,394 households and 6,186 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,435.2 inhabitants per square mile (554.1/km ). There were 8,680 housing units at an average density of 515.8 units per square mile (199.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 89.78% White , 1.43% Black or African American , 0.09% Native American , 5.44% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.59% from other races , and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.70% of

1534-604: The All Things Digital conference, which was launched in 2003 by Swisher and Mossberg. While the conference quickly became popular and prestigious among the business and technology communities, the number of attendees was limited to approximately 500 people. The web site was set up to "open the conversation to everyone." Although the site operates year-round, during each "D" Conference it offers comprehensive and direct coverage of all events and presentations AllThingsD.com focused on news, analysis and opinion on technology,

1593-560: The Downtown area. Additionally, the district also operates four public elementary schools. Purchase School serves Purchase and the northern section of West Harrison, Preston School serves the Silver Lake area of West Harrison, and Parsons School serves South Downtown. The fourth school, Harrison Avenue School, serves the remaining area of "Downtown", Sunnyridge, Sterling Ridge/The Trails, and The Brentwood. The Keio Academy of New York

1652-748: The Hong Kong-based mixed martial arts promoter Legend Fighting Championship . In April 2012, CA Media acquired a 49 percent stake in Endemol India with the goal of making it the leading TV, film and digital content production company in India. At the same time CA Media also invested in Only Much Louder , a music, live events and youth media company in India. In April 2014, AT&T partnered with The Chernin Group to invest $ 500 million in online video services. In April 2012, Chernin sold

1711-668: The Internet and media, but considered itself a fusion of diverse media styles, different topics, formats and sources. Initially, the two main features of the site were Kara Swisher's BoomTown blog, and Walt Mossberg's technology product review columns from the Wall Street Journal. Since then, the site had expanded greatly in personnel and focus. Although most of the staff were based in San Francisco, many contributors, including Mossberg, worked primarily in other parts of

1770-567: The United States. All Things Digital utilized Livefyre to permit readers to comment on news stories. In September 2022, Swisher stated that most of All Things Digital's content (including video interviews with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel early in their careers) had become unavailable, despite an agreement with the WSJ and News Corp to preserve it after her and Mossberg's departure. AllThingsD.com featured nine different writers at

1829-510: The acquisition of All3Media , the UK production company that produces Fleabag , Gogglebox and The Traitors . Chernin sits on the boards of American Express , is a co-chair of University of California, Berkeley 's board of visitors, and is a senior advisor to Providence Equity Partners . He is also chairman and co-founder of Malaria No More and a trustee of Malaria No More UK , non-profits dedicated to ending deaths due to malaria. He previously

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1888-405: The average family size was 3.20. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males. According to a 2009 estimate, the median household income was $ 104,640, and

1947-446: The boundaries of Interstate 95 and the railroad tracks as well as separated by wealth gaps , are very diverse. Despite its name, "Downtown" is not in any sense a business district, it is much rather a residential enclave, featuring houses of every wealth level. In the 2010 census the population was 76.9 percent non-Hispanic white , 2.4 percent African American , 7.5 percent Asian , and 11.7% Hispanic or Latino of any descent. At

2006-496: The college's Reid Castle, and an elaborate Norman-style Roman Catholic chapel for his wife. The castle hosted the King and Queen of Siam in the early 1930s. The castle was at one time known as Ophir House, in reference to different owners. In 1875, Sunny Ridge farm mansion was renovated to include a 14th-century woodcut from Europe, installed into the wall over the living room fireplace, among several other ancient relics, built into

2065-616: The downtown, including many small family plots dating back to the 17th century and before. Greenwood Union Cemetery is a cemetery shared by the city of Rye. There is also the Small Roman Catholic Cemetery dating back to when Harrison was first discovered in the 17th century. It is located right on the border of Rye and Harrison. This was a domain for Indian burials. The Westchester Country Club , Apawamis Golf Club,and Harrison Meadows Country Club, are all located in Harrison. All three of them are next to each other in

2124-434: The early 1970s, under Passidomo's supervision, a group in the Purchase section of town, concerned about the town's overdevelopment, attempted to incorporate as a village and thereby separate from the town of Harrison. Creatively, to avoid being served papers that would have begun the legal proceedings for Purchase to incorporate as a village, Passidomo entered his office through the fire escape. He then immediately made sure that

2183-492: The first residents of the new neighborhood. Sidney Sonn renovated the farm's original house, an immense, elaborate, 20-room, 1875 Victorian mansion, into an English Tudor , designed by renowned architect Julius Gregory, father of the American Tudor-Revival style and movement of the 1920s, as a residence for himself. Only a small handful of homes were sold and constructed before the economic downturn of

2242-521: The first station was not built until 1870. Before that time, Harrisonites had to flag down the train to get a ride. Harrison remained generally free of factories through the Industrial Revolution , while large factory districts grew in the neighboring towns of White Plains , Port Chester and Mamaroneck . In 1929, the Hutchinson River Parkway was extended to Harrison. The same year, Harrison's former Sunnyridge Farm, located less than

2301-404: The home. The home was sold for the first time since the 1920s renovation in the summer of 2017, and was demolished to make way for two new homes. It was not protected by any state or local historic preservation acts. What is the present-day Metro-North Railroad 's New Haven Line , running from Manhattan in New York City, to Greenwich, Connecticut , first came through Harrison in 1848, though

2360-563: The media, entertainment, technology, sports and consumer sectors. That same year, Chernin divested its interest of Crunchyroll to AT&T and folded into WarnerMedia division. Crunchyroll was subsequently sold to Funimation in 2021. In July 2022, Peter Chernin established his global independent production company The North Road Company with his production company Chernin Entertainment became part of his new company. In January 2023, Variety reported that Peter Chernin's global production studio roll-up company The North Road Co. had received

2419-639: The median family income was $ 130,224. The per capita income for the village was $ 63,742. About 4.2% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over. Harrison is and has been home to the corporate headquarters of several well-known companies, including the MasterCard headquarters, MasterCard International Global Headquarters , PepsiCo , and Central National-Gottesman . Atlas Air and subsidiary Polar Air Cargo have their headquarters in Purchase. Texaco 's headquarters,

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2478-492: The northern portion of the town. The "downtown" southern half of Harrison is divided into four general areas: Brentwood Plaza, Sunnyridge, Sterling Ridge/The Trails, and the Village part of Harrison. West Harrison is an isolated community, lodged between a tall hill bordered by a lake, Interstate 287, a tall relatively steep hill, and a cliff at the northern edge. Because of this, there is a general lack of street entrances. There

2537-421: The old farm into a park, installed winding tree-lined motorways and water, gas, sewers, and electricity, and landscaped the entire 165 acres, then they erected ten English-type houses which were designed by Julius Gregory, one of them being completely furnished by Charles of London." H. & S. Sonn contracted Julius Gregory to develop house plans for single family houses in their new Sunny Ridge development, as it

2596-465: The people of Rye that they seceded to the Colony of Connecticut until 1700, when the King of England ordered Rye to rejoin the Colony of New York. The first permanent residents of Harrison's Purchase, as it was called, arrived in about 1725, and many early settlers were Quakers, who set up a Friend's Meeting House at a settlement located in the part of Harrison now called Purchase . Harrison's Purchase

2655-401: The population. There were 8,394 households, of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and

2714-477: The run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Harrison, New York Harrison is a town and village in Westchester County , New York , United States. It is a suburb of New York City , located 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Manhattan . The population was 28,218 at the 2020 census. Harrison was established in 1696 by

2773-521: The southern half ("downtown") portion of the town. A portion of Apawamis, including its entrance is located in Rye, New York . Harrison Meadows Country Club is a publicly owned club with membership open to all town residents. The Purchase section of Harrison has Old oaks Country Club and Purchase Country Club along Purchase Street, Braeburn Country Club off Braeburn Drive, and Century Country Club along Anderson Hill Road. Harrison contains two post offices; one

2832-575: The time Chernin left, Fox had one of the most powerful collections of cable assets in the world: Fox News Channel , FX , Fox Sports Net , Fox Movie Channel , National Geographic Television , SPEED and the Fox Reality Channel . Prior to his 1996 appointment, Chernin was four years as chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment where he oversaw all aspects of the studio's worldwide feature-film production, marketing and distribution activities. From 1989 to 1992, Chernin

2891-541: The time of closure, where each had their own section of the site, as well as a separate category for other featured writers, both within and outside of the publication: AllThingsD.com also hosted content concerning its D Conferences; besides the annual main event in late Spring, in December 2010 they hosted D: Dive Into Mobile, the first brand extension of the conference in which representatives from leading mobile device and software producers were interviewed by members of AllThingsD. The AllThingsD logo can be spotted during

2950-672: The town (without any interchanges), as well as the Cross Westchester Expressway and the Hutchinson River Parkway . I-684 passes through Harrison and ends at the Cross Westchester Expressway and the Hutchinson Parkway. The boundaries of the town of Harrison are the approximate shape of a figure-eight . The southern half is known as simply Harrison, or downtown, while the hamlets of Purchase and West Harrison are located in

3009-537: The town Harrison became a village but remained as a town to end to the possibility of Purchase's secession, since a village cannot legally be formed in another village. The documented list of supervisors and mayors begins in 1946; though there were mayors before that. The documented list includes: Harrison is an affluent town and village in Westchester County, New York, approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Manhattan , New York City. According to

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3068-554: The two top-grossing movies of all time, Titanic and Avatar ; the Fox Broadcasting Company became the No. 1-ranked network among the key demographic of 18- to 49-year-olds; and Twentieth Century Fox Television , the network production arm of Fox, became the No. 1 supplier of programming to all television networks. News Corporation's cable network group experienced explosive growth during Chernin's tenure – going from zero to more than 400 million cable subscribers in less than 10 years. By

3127-404: The world's largest media companies, he oversaw diversified global operations spanning five continents, including the production and distribution of film and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting and News Corp.'s aggressive expansion into the digital media and internet space. During his two decades with News Corporation, Chernin gained a reputation as an executive with

3186-441: Was a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company , and was a member of The Wall Street Journal ' s Digital Network, which includes WSJ.com, MarketWatch , Barron's , and SmartMoney . In September 2013, Swisher and Mossberg failed to renew their agreement with Dow Jones. On January 1, 2014, Swisher and Mossberg introduced their own site, Re/code , based in San Francisco, California. AllThingsD.com expanded upon

3245-703: Was administered jointly by the settlers of Rye until it was incorporated as a town on March 7, 1788, by an act of the New York State legislature. Merritt's Hill in West Harrison was the site of the Battle of White Plains during the Revolutionary War . Among the 367 regiments in the battle, Regiment 182 of the Continental Army was composed solely of people from Harrison. During the 1830s, David Haviland settled in Harrison where he produced Haviland China which he sold in his store in New York City before returning to his native France. Today there exists

3304-555: Was on the boards of Twitter , Pandora , News Corp , DirecTV , E-Trade , and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Chernin married Megan (née Brody) in 1980. Chernin has donated over $ 100,000 to the Democratic Party, candidates & associated organizations, as well as hosting Barack Obama at his home for a fundraiser in 2013. He also supported Hillary Clinton in

3363-416: Was president of entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company , while programming grew from two to all seven nights of the week during that span. It was rumored in the media that Chernin was going to leave his position at News Corp. by June 2009, when his contract expired, and that he would be replaced in the position by media executive James Murdoch , youngest son of Rupert Murdoch . On February 24, 2009,

3422-497: Was termed. A new model was developed to construct homes that were of durable materials, to be resistant to exterior maintenance, using only brick, stone, and old-growth oak timber as exterior materials. The fashionable new neighborhood attracted the attention of New York banking, business, and entertainment elites, attracting Wall Street financier William Harty, then owner of Condé Nast , Joseph J. Lane; musical star Louise Groody ; and Fitzhugh Green , of Putnam's Publishing House, among

3481-531: Was vice president of Development and Production at the David Gerber Company. He began his career in publishing, first as associate publicity director of St. Martin's Press and later as an editor for Warner Books . Prior to starting TCG, Chernin was president and chief operating officer of News Corporation and chairman and CEO of the Fox Group from 1996 to 2009. As president and COO of one of

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