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Paramount+ has set September 16 as the premiere date for the coming-of-age reality series, My Dream Quinceañera, based on AwesomenessTV's most-viewed-ever YouTube series of the same name. The season will kick off with the release of the series’ first three episodes, followed by a weekly release of the season's…

AwesomenessTV said Tuesday that it has ordered a second season of Noah Beck Tries Things, the reality docuseries fronted by TikTok star Noah Beck. The ViacomCBS-owned label said new episodes will premiere in October on AwesomenessTV's YouTube channel. Beck also co-developed and executive produces the series, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Quibi is expanding its development slate with One Night Forever, a new series from The Arrangement creator Jonathan Abrahams and AwesomenessTV (PEN15, Trinkets). Written by Abrahams, in One Night Forever, cracking under the pressure of her senior thesis, an overwhelmed astrophysics major meets a mysterious…

Hulu has released the Season 2 trailer for horror series Light as a Feather, from AwesomenessTV, Wattpad and Kelsey Grammer's Grammnet (Girlfriends). In Season 2, having inherited the curse brought on by the lethal game of Light as a Feather, McKenna (Liana Liberato) finds herself plagued by the mysterious chrysalis…

Hulu and AwesomenessTV have announced a slew of new cast members for Season 2 of its horror series Light as a Feather.  Joining for the sophomore session, which has begun production in Los Angeles, are Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), Froy Gutierrez (Teen Wolf) , Adriyan Rae (Atlanta), Alisa Allapach (The 15:17 to Par…

As Viacom CEO Bob Bakish took the stage at the UBS 46th annual Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, the elephant in the room eventually made its way onstage: What about a merger with CBS? Analyst John Hodulik didn’t put it so directly. He asked, in a delicate way, whether Bakish felt Viacom had the…

UPDATED to reflect layoff information reported to California’s employment department: Just weeks after touting its acquisition of AwesomenessTV, Viacom began handing out pink slips. AwesomenessTV said it would fire 98 employees at the teen-focused studio’s Santa Monica offices, or about 50% of its workforce, according…

Betsy Morgan, Brett Bouttier and Jeff Berman, three executives with experience in media and technology, launched a private equity-backed holding company to acquire and grow consumer businesses. Magnet Companies will look to acquire and build disruptive companies in the consumer demand space. They also will look for…

Viacom is in advanced talks to acquire AwesomenessTV for a fraction of the $650 million valuation it commanded in 2016, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Comcast currently owns 51% of the young-skewing digital content player (a result of its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation), with Hearst and…

UTA promoted its veteran digital agent, Brent Weinstein, to serve as the company's first chief innovation officer. Weinstein will continue to oversee UTA's digital talent, emerging platforms, events and experiences and ventures divisions. He also will manage UTA IQ, the newly established in-house data insights group…

Hulu has made a 10-episode straight-to-series order for Light as a Feather, from AwesomenessTV, Wattpad and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet (Girlfriends). The supernatural thriller is based on a story by Zoe Aarsen that has more than 2.9M reads on Wattpad. Created by Lee Fleming Jr., Light as a Feather follows five teenage…

Paula Kaplan has joined Viacom Digital Studios as EVP Talent and Development, where she’ll serve as its face to the creative community and help build its content portfolio. An executive with deep experience in identifying and nurturing talent, Kaplan most recently served as chief talent officer for AwesomenessTV…