GHJ is pleased to announce Partner Steve Sills, Principal Peter Klass and Manager Tracy Liang as authors and contributors in the third edition of Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's (creative) Accounting Practices. Hollywood and COVID-19 The closure of movie theatres demonstrates the vast impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the film industry. The immedia [...]

As businesses look for economy recovery amid COVID-19, GHJ Media and Advertising Expert Dan Landes talks with Senior Director at Banc of California Adrian Ward and GHJ State and Local Tax Leader Frances Ellington on the opportunities the CARES Act brings for entertainment businesses in GHJ’s Media Clips podcast. Find out from the experts how banks are navigating clien [...]

GHJ hosted a webinar on COVID-19 and its impact on the real estate sector with GHJ Leader Richard Wu, Griffin Capital Leaders Kevin Shields and Randy Anderson and Baker McKenzie Leader Daniel Cullen. Discussion included: General Real Estate Market OutlookImpact of the Current Political EnvironmentInvestment OpportunitiesTransaction Structuring, Investment Vehicles a [...]

On Oct. 21, 2020, GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff and Principals Frances Ellington, Dan Li, Dan Landes and Michael Sippel will present key industry insights during the first half day of CalCPA’s Motion Picture and Television Industry: Accounting & Auditing Overview webinar. From production budgeting to GAAP to profit participations and entertainment tax updates — CalCPA co [...]

Originally published in the Los Angeles Business Journal. Nonprofits were early advocates for building diversity within their organizations, but to really walk the walk, nonprofit boards must also make diversity a priority. The board of directors reflects the organization’s culture, and it makes sense for the board’s makeup to demonstrate the values of diversity, e [...]

As the one-year anniversary of quarantining and remote working during COVID-19 comes to pass, one in four employees are still working remotely. In this new environment, people have had to come up with unique strategies to handle working remotely, entertaining and schooling kids from home and keeping their own mental health in check. GHJ employees are no different. Wh [...]

Join us as GHJ Principal Dan Landes shines light on revenue recognition accounting practices unique to the entertainment industry and how revenues are impacted by the recent ASC 606 accounting standard update in this upcoming RKL eSolutions webinar, “Motion Picture: Accounting Overview — Revenue from Contracts With Customers.” With many companies reporting under thi [...]

The pandemic and resulting economic downturn created uncertainty in the economy, and the entertainment industry was not immune. Domestic box office sales fell by 80 percent, live music lost $30 billion in revenue and 60 percent of scripted television production was delayed. Tune in for CalCPA’s annual Entertainment Industry Virtual Conference, where industry experts [...]

Co-Authored with Michael Butler (Founder, Chairman and CEO, Cascadia Capital) and Dan Gaspar (Partner, TZP Group) GHJ Managing Director David Horwich sits down with Michael Butler (chairman and CEO of Cascadia Capital, a leading West Coast investment banking firm) and Dan Gaspar (partner at TZP Group, a private equity firm based in New York) to discuss their exper [...]

Want to gain a deeper understanding of entertainment accounting practices? GHJ leaders Ilan Haimoff, Dan Li, Dan Landes, Frances Ellington and Michael Sippel will lead a seminar, Motion Picture and Television Industry: Accounting, Tax and Fraud Overview, with CalCPA on Friday, Oct. 22, at 8 a.m. PDT. The course is eligible for four CPE credits and will cover: Topic [...]