Current Report Filing (8-k)
August 27 2020 - 1:58PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2020
THEMAVEN,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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DELAWARE
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1-12471
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68-0232575
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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1500
Fourth Avenue, Suite 200 Seattle, WA
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98101
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: 775-600-2765
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title
of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name
on exchange on which registered
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None
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction .2. below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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*
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)
Emerging
growth company [ ]
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers. Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.
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On
August 26, 2020, the Board of Directors (“Board”) accepted the resignation of James Heckman, the founder and the CEO
of TheMaven, Inc. (“Company”). Mr. Heckman will continue his entrepreneurial role with the Company, focusing on key
strategic and business development initiatives.
Mr.
Ross Levinsohn was appointed the CEO of the Company and a director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Heckman.
Mr.
Levinsohn joined the Company on June 14, 2019 as CEO of Sports Illustrated. Mr. Levinsohn was also a director of the
Company briefly in 2017. Mr. Levinsohn was an executive with Tribune Publishing from August 21, 2017, until January 17, 2019
serving first as CEO of the Los Angeles Times and then CEO of Tribune Interactive. He was the managing partner of Whisper
Partners, an advisory firm, from June 2016, to August 21, 2017. He was Executive Chairman and Director of Scout Media, Inc.
from 2014-2016. Previously, Mr. Levinsohn served as Chief Executive Officer at Guggenheim Digital Media from January 2013 to
June 2014. Mr. Levinsohn served in various executive positions at Yahoo! Inc., a multinational internet company, from October
2010 to August 2012, including as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, Head of Global Media and Head
of the Americas. Mr. Levinsohn co-founded and served as managing director at Fuse Capital, an investment and strategic equity
management firm focused on investing in and building digital media and communications companies, from 2007 to October 2010.
Prior to Fuse Capital, Mr. Levinsohn spent six years at News Corporation, serving as President of Fox Interactive Media, and
earlier as Senior Vice President of Fox Sports Interactive. Earlier in his career, Mr. Levinsohn held senior management
positions with AltaVista, CBS Sportsline and HBO.
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Item
9.01 —
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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THEMAVEN,
INC.
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Dated:
August 27, 2020
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By:
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/s/
Doug Smith
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Name:
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Doug
Smith
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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