AT&T Acquires Rest Of Otter Media To Fold Into New WarnerMedia
AT&T has acquired the remainder of The Chernin Group’s controlling stake in Otter Media, with the plan to fold the subscription, advertising and content company the two formed in 2014 into...
View ArticleH.S. Sports Venture Mars Reel Completes $4.7 Million Funding Round With...
The twin brothers who built a sports media brand around coverage of high school athletes added some big-name players to their investment roster: NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade, Grammy-winning recording...
View ArticleEllation Launches Division To Create Original Content, Names Women In...
Ellation Media today announced the launch of Ellation Studios, a new unit devoted to creating original content for its anime-focused Crunchyroll and VRV communities. Margaret Dean, former general...
View ArticleNickSplat SVOD Channel From Nickelodeon Brings ‘CatDog,’‘Doug’ And Other ’90s...
Nickelodeon has partnered with the VRV streaming platform to launch NickSplat, an OTT channel featuring animated series and live-action shows from the 1990s. NickSplat will feature a rotating selection...
View ArticleFullscreen CEO George Strompolos To Exit Following AT&T’s Acquisition of...
Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos announced this morning that he’s stepping down from the digital media company he founded. Strompolos left YouTube to launch Fullscreen in 2011, as one of the earliest...
View ArticleWarnerMedia-Owned Machinima To Become Part Of AT&T’s Otter Media
EXCLUSIVE: WarnerMedia-owned Machinima is expected to become part of Otter Media early next year, as AT&T looks to align its related digital assets, sources tell Deadline. Machinima will retain its...
View ArticleOtter Media Lays Off 10% Of Staff In Restructuring Of Digital Properties
Otter Media laid off about 10% of its staff today in a sweeping reorganization of its digital properties intended to make these assets more competitive and profitable. CEO Tony Goncalves sent an email...
View ArticleMachinima Is Shutting Down, With 81 Staffers Laid Off
Machinima, which rose to prominence as an influential and lucrative multi-channel network catering to gamer culture, has laid off 81 employees and ceased operations. The company, which was acquired by...
View ArticleLaurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective Buys Stake In Reese Witherspoon’s...
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine has received a funding infusion from Emerson Collective, the social change catalyst founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. Otter Media, the WarnerMedia company that invests...
View ArticleOtter Media Moves Under WarnerMedia Purview Of Entertainment Chief Bob...
AT&T’s WarnerMedia has shifted oversight of Otter Media to Bob Greenblatt, head of the media company’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer operations. The motivation for the realignment, the...
View ArticleWarnerMedia’s Rooster Teeth Trims 13% Of Workforce: “We Have To Evolve”
In the latest round of belt-tightening to hit WarnerMedia, subsidiary Otter Media’s online video network Rooster Teeth has laid off 13% of its total workforce, or about 50 employees. CEO Matt Hullum...
View ArticleRooster Teeth Names Jordan Levin GM, Shifts CEO Matt Hullum To Content Role
WarnerMedia-owned digital video outlet Rooster Teeth has tapped Jordan Levin as General Manager, shifting co-founder and former CEO Matt Hullum to the newly created post of Chief Content Officer....
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