Michael Hirschorn is the Emmy-award winning founder and owner of Ish Entertainment, a five year old production company based in NY. ISH has produced dozens of series and specials for multiple networks, including Oxygen, Lifetime, MTV, VH1, WE, Sundance, CMT, Bravo, and Style. Current projects include Trans Teen for MTV, airing this fall; The Approval Matrix for Sundance, airing this summer; and several more as-yet-unannounced projects for major cable nets. Ish Digital produces dozens of series for clients such as Conde Nast Entertainment, Scripps, Dow Jones, Harper Collins, and more.

Ish Digital also serves as a production resource for Iconic Entertainment, where Hirschorn serves as co-founder and chief creative officer. Iconic launched multiple digital on-demand channels. These include: 123UnoDosTres, a Latin youth culture and music channel; Life + Times, a joint-venture with Jay Z; Potato, an electronic dance channel with Skrillex, Diplo, and A-Trak as partners; and Lives, in partnership with Meredith Vieira. 

Previously, Hirschorn headed programming at VH1, where over a span of four years he doubled ratings, contributing to a more than tripling in revenue for the network. Hirschorn was responsible for thousands of hours of programming, scripted and non-scripted, and set-up a documentary shingle, VH1 Rock Docs, that produced multiple award-winning documentaries about music and youth culture. DMC: My Adoption Journey won Hirschorn an Emmy for best documentary in 2008. Additionally, he was an executive producer of The U.S. Versus John Lennon, a theatrical documentary that was released in the U.S. and internationally by Lionsgate. A former journalist and magazine editor (New York Magazine, Esquire, Spin), he has continued to explore the revolutionary impact of digital media as contributing editor at the Atlantic Monthly as well as writing for New York Magazine and The New York Times. 

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