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Proximity Media

CTL-I-0180 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-03128 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0180. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Founded 2018 by Ryan and Zinzi Coogler with Sev Ohanian

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Founded 2018 by Ryan and Zinzi Coogler with Sev Ohanian

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Fast Company (tier 3): 'Proximity Media, the company he founded with his wife, producer Zinzi Coogler, and producer and screenwriter Sev Ohanian' and 'they didn't officially found Proximity until 2018' — institution_type production company and stored note 'Founded 2018 by Ryan and Zinzi Coogler with Sev Ohanian' confirmed in full.

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