{"id":659903,"date":"2026-10-28T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659903\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:06:08","slug":"video-game-rating-board-esrb-names-orit-michiel-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659903\/","title":{"rendered":"Video-Game Rating Board ESRB Names Orit Michiel President"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOrit Michiel<\/a> is the next president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board<\/a>, the video game industry\u2019s self-regulatory body that assigns age and content ratings for video games and mobile apps.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichiel will take the helm of ESRB<\/a> on Nov. 2, 2026, replacing Patricia Vance, who is retiring after more than 20 years as president of the organization.<\/p>\n

\n\tMichiel previously spent eight years at Netflix, most recently as director of content policy, leading the streamer\u2019s worldwide content policy team and developing a global classification and maturity-rating system. She left Netflix in November 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore joining Netflix in 2017, Michiel spent 13 years at the Motion Picture Association (MPA), serving as VP of legal affairs and chair of the MPA\u2019s Classification and Rating Appeals Board. At MPA, she\u2019s credited with leading a comprehensive overhaul of the movie industry\u2019s U.S. rating and advertising guidelines.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs president of ESRB, Michiel will oversee the organization\u2019s age and content rating system, enforcement of advertising and marketing guidelines adopted by the video game industry, and its Privacy Certified program, which helps companies implement responsible privacy practices. She will also serve on the board of directors for the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC), which provides global age ratings for digitally delivered games and apps.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOrit understands the responsibility that comes with providing trusted age ratings and the numerous positive benefits of interactive entertainment on our society and culture,\u201d Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software and chair of the board of directors of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and ESRB, said in a statement. \u201cHer experience across the entertainment industry, and her deep knowledge of classification systems, makes her an exceptional choice to lead ESRB for the future. She will build on its longstanding commitment to giving parents clear, reliable information to decide what is right for their families and ensuring that our self-regulated industry continues to adhere to its stringent guidelines and practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMichiel commented: \u201cInteractive entertainment sparks imagination, inspires learning and brings families together. Parents deserve clear, useful information to help them choose gameplay experiences that are right for their children. ESRB has earned parents\u2019 trust and empowered them with that information. I am honored to lead this team and build on its work to help families make confident choices as video games and the ways people play continue to evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMichiel began her career practicing law as an attorney at Loeb & Loeb LLP. She holds a JD from the UCLA School of Law and a bachelor of arts degree in political science from UCLA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orit Michiel is the next president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the video game industry\u2019s self-regulatory body…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[296967,296968,85,46,296969,125],"class_list":["post-659903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-entertainment-software-rating-board","tag-esrb","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-orit-michiel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}