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Fred Seibert
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Fred Seibert

American television producer and media proprietor

Fred Seibert is an American television executive. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Fred Seibert (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Sep 15, 1951.1

About

He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination.

Seibert was the first creative director for MTV during its formation stages in 1981, and served as a consultant for MTV Networks Online. He founded the production company Frederator Studios in 1998, as well as its spin-off entities Frederator Networks, Channel Frederator Network, and Cartoon Hangover. Having held numerous executive positions for Viacom Media Networks, he was the final president of animation studio Hanna-Barbera from 1992 to 1996. He has since co-founded Next New Networks, Bolder Media, and launched the production company FredFilms.

Seibert is an angel investor in technology and media-based startup projects. He was a seed investor for the website Tumblr, and has executive produced various animated and live-action series. He created the animation incubator anthology series What a Cartoon! in 1994, Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, and Random! Cartoons in 2008; all three have spawned successful television programs as spin-offs, including The Fairly OddParents, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Powerpuff Girls, and Adventure Time—for most of which he has served as executive producer.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedColumbia University3

Career

Occupation: creative director, entrepreneur, television producer.10

Seibert began his media career in college radio at Columbia University's WKCR-FM in 1969. According to Seibert himself, he spent most of his time in college at the radio station headquarters rather than attending classes, and thus never graduated.

While at Columbia he co-founded his first company, Oblivion Records with partners Tom Pomposello and Dick Pennington, releasing LPs by Mississippi Fred McDowell (Live in New York) and Joe Lee Wilson. Simultaneously, he produced numerous jazz and blues albums for independent companies such as Muse Records, JCOA Records, and Birth Records (owned by instrumentalist/composer Gunter Hampel). Seibert was an early employee of New Music Distribution Service, a non-profit distributor of musician-owned record company started by composers Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, before going on the road with Bley's big band as sound engineer and road manager. Seibert announced the revival of Oblivion Records in 2021 for a digital release of a historic concert recording of jazz innovator Cecil Taylor.

From Wikipedia’s article on Fred Seibert (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornSep 15, 1951, Manhattan11
  • CitizenshipUnited States12

Awards

  • Date not recordedAIGA Medal13

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