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Quintus Studios and the YouTube Revolution: Why the Future of Factual is Already Here
When Gerrit Kemming first launched Quintus Studios’ YouTube channel Free Documentary more than a decade ago, few in the traditional TV world took much notice. Back then, YouTube was largely seen as a home for vlogs, pranks, and low-budget experiments - hardly a...
Microdrama gold rush continues with launch of Bill Block’s GammaTime
GammaTime, which claims to be “the first premium microdrama streaming platform built specifically for American audiences” has raised $14 million in seed funding. GammaTime, which aims to be “the Netflix of premium short-form storytelling” was founded by former Miramax...
AI, Micro-Drama and the New Digital-First TV Economy
At MIPCOM, amid the usual frenzy of speed meetings, Spirit Studios founder Matt Campion was calm, confident and clearly a man with a plan. His company, long regarded as one of the UK’s most innovative digital-first studios, is now pushing boundaries in two of the most...
LOST iN CEO Jonathan Skogmo unveils UGC licensing division Voyager
Jonathan Skogmo, founder and CEO of travel media and lifestyle publisher LOST iN, has launched a user-generated content (UGC) licensing division called Voyager within the LOST iN business. The division marks Skogmo’s return to a space he pioneered with Jukin Media....
Arcade names former YouTube exec Pete Cory as chairman with goal to grow brand partnerships
Arcade, the management company behind The Sidemen, has announced the appointment of Pete Cory as chairman. The company said Cory’s arrival marks “the beginning of an exciting new phase following investment from Lumina”. Most recently, Cory served as managing director...
Channel 4 orders digital news podcasts from Strong Watch and Zandland
Channel 4 has announced two new podcasts designed to maintain its connection with younger audiences. Untangled, fronted by Stacey Dooley and Ben Zand, and A News Thing, hosted by the comedians from A Comedy Thing by Channel 4, will offer audiences “an impartial and...
TheSoul restructures and puts Louisa Ioannidou in charge of media division
Creator business platform TheSoul Group (formerly TheSoul Publishing) has announced the launch of TheSoul Media, a new division encompassing all of the company’s owned & operated digital media brands as well as its creative agency. Louisa Ioannidou has been named...
Why Creators Are the New Studios: Viral Nation’s Paul Telner on the Next Phase of Social Video
If proof were ever needed that the creator economy has arrived on the global media stage, it could be found this week on the beach in Cannes. Among the yacht parties and back-to-back meetings of MIPCOM, Viral Nation’s Paul Telner sat down to talk about how the creator...