Michael Lynton

Michael Lynton was an early investor in the company co-founded by 26-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel, and has served on its board for nearly four years.

"Tom knows this business inside and out like few others do," CEO Lynton said in a statement about Rothman.

Pascal said she and CEO Michael Lynton had been discussing her transition to producer for "quite some time."

Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment after hackers angry about a movie she championed mocking North Korea's dictator exposed a raft of embarrassing emails between Pascal and other Hollywood figures.

Lynton called Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, who he recalled told him: "this is what we've been waiting for."

The network was crippled. Days before Thanksgiving, Sony Pictures employees had logged onto computers that flashed a grim message from a hacker group calling itself Guardians of Peace. Soon personal information for tens of thousands of current and former workers was dumped online, including Social Security numbers and the purported salaries of top ...

"I want to thank Google and Microsoft for helping make this a reality," said Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton in a release.

Google and Microsoft joined forces with Sony on Wednesday, using their online might to release "The Interview" film to online audiences despite threats from hackers.

Sony Pictures will allow "The Interview" to play in more than 200 U.S. theaters as of Christmas Day, reversing its decision to pull the film, after coming under criticism from President Barack Obama and others for caving into pressure from North Korea.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today a limited theatrical release of 'The Interview' beginning on Thursday, putting back into the theatres the comedy that prompted an international incident with North Korea and outrage over its cancelled release.

Its chief executive was regularly reminded in unsecure emails of his own secret passwords for his and his family's mail, banking, travel and shopping accounts

Sony boss Michael Lynton denied Friday the Hollywood studio has "caved" by canceling the release of "The Interview," and hit back at President Barack Obama's claim that it had made a mistake.

Staff were called together in Los Angeles to hear how the company is responding to the November 24 hacking attack, which has produced a string of damaging and highly embarrassing leaks

Forensics experts hired by Sony Corp to investigate the massive cyber attack at its Hollywood studio said the breach was unprecedented, well-planned and carried out by an "organized group," according to an email obtained by Reuters on Saturday.

Michael Lynton was an early investor in the company co-founded by 26-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel, and has served on its board for nearly four years.

"Tom knows this business inside and out like few others do," CEO Lynton said in a statement about Rothman.

Pascal said she and CEO Michael Lynton had been discussing her transition to producer for "quite some time."

Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment after hackers angry about a movie she championed mocking North Korea's dictator exposed a raft of embarrassing emails between Pascal and other Hollywood figures.

Lynton called Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, who he recalled told him: "this is what we've been waiting for."

The network was crippled. Days before Thanksgiving, Sony Pictures employees had logged onto computers that flashed a grim message from a hacker group calling itself Guardians of Peace. Soon personal information for tens of thousands of current and former workers was dumped online, including Social Security numbers and the purported salaries of top ...

"I want to thank Google and Microsoft for helping make this a reality," said Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton in a release.

Google and Microsoft joined forces with Sony on Wednesday, using their online might to release "The Interview" film to online audiences despite threats from hackers.

Sony Pictures will allow "The Interview" to play in more than 200 U.S. theaters as of Christmas Day, reversing its decision to pull the film, after coming under criticism from President Barack Obama and others for caving into pressure from North Korea.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today a limited theatrical release of 'The Interview' beginning on Thursday, putting back into the theatres the comedy that prompted an international incident with North Korea and outrage over its cancelled release.

Its chief executive was regularly reminded in unsecure emails of his own secret passwords for his and his family's mail, banking, travel and shopping accounts

Sony boss Michael Lynton denied Friday the Hollywood studio has "caved" by canceling the release of "The Interview," and hit back at President Barack Obama's claim that it had made a mistake.

Staff were called together in Los Angeles to hear how the company is responding to the November 24 hacking attack, which has produced a string of damaging and highly embarrassing leaks

Forensics experts hired by Sony Corp to investigate the massive cyber attack at its Hollywood studio said the breach was unprecedented, well-planned and carried out by an "organized group," according to an email obtained by Reuters on Saturday.