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Connor Schell, the former ESPN content chief who left the Disney-owned sports network last year, is setting up a non-scripted studio with Chernin Entertainment. Schell, an exec producer on O.J: Made In America and The Last Dance, will be CEO of the unnamed venture, which will produce high-end, non-fiction projects for…

Connor Schell, ESPN's content boss, has confirmed that he is leaving the Disney-owned sports network to set up his own independent production company. Schell, one of the architects of the broadcaster's 30 for 30 documentary strand and exec producer on Michael Jordan series The Last Dance and OJ: Made In America, will…

EXCLUSIVE: After a towering rating success on the Michael Jordan 10-part documentary The Last Dance, ESPN is working with Tom Brady and Religion of Sports on Man In the Arena, a nine-episode multi-platform series coming in 2021. The focus will be on another GOAT for his sport: Brady himself. The series will be Brady's…

EXCLUSIVE: Peabody has appointed six new members to its bicoastal board of directors, with the aim of advancing the organization’s commitment to storytelling. Chris McCarthy, ViacomCBS's newly appointed president of entertainment and youth brands, and ESPN’s executive vice president of content, Connor Schell, have…

ESPN emphasized its talent stable, consistency and strong parent company during its annual upfronts pitch to ad buyers at the Minskoff Theatre, home of Disney’s Lion King musical. Much of the event felt familiar, but it was also the first upfront since president John Skipper abruptly resigned, his place taken by Jimmy…

Disney’s sports channel is expanding the responsibilities of ESPN veteran Connor Schell, naming him EVP Content. As part of his new role he will oversee all of ESPN’s content creation across ESPN's television, digital and print platforms. In his new position, effective immediately, Schell also adds responsibility for…