Eldridge Industries, a Greenwich-based private investment firm, has acquired a controlling interest in Film Expo Group, publisher of Film Journal International and producer of the film industry trade shows CineEurope, CineAsia and ShowEast.
Film Expo Group was previously a part of Mediabistro Holdings, which is also controlled by Eldridge Industries, and will now operate independently. Based in New York City, Film Expo 
Group”™s management has been shifted with former President Robert Sunshine becoming chairman and Andrew Sunshine being promoted from vice president to president. Theo Kingma, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been named vice president and will be based at Eldridge Industries”™ office in Beverly Hills.
“Film Expo Group is a substantial business on its own and presents a strategic opportunity for Eldridge,” said Todd Boehly, chairman and CEO of Eldridge Industries, which is also the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group. “We hope to work collaboratively to grow with Eldridge’s other subsidiaries.”
