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Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and veteran tech executive Meg Whitman used the prominent platform of Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit to announce the name of their new mobile video startup and drop the names of four high-profile Hollywood players who will create content for the subscription service. Filmmakers…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi will be the architect of one of the early entertainment content shows for NewTV, the new short form venture that Jeffrey Katzenberg founded and Meg Whitman runs as CEO. Sources said that Raimi will be at the center of a new show called 50 States of Fear. Van Toffler and Gunpowder & Sky will…

Janice Min, the former co-president of The Hollywood Reporter, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg’s mobile video startup NewTV. Min, the former US Weekly editor who left the top editorial perch at The Hollywood Reporter in 2017, shared the news on Twitter. "So YES, you can assume there will be news programming (Hollywood…

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, who first worked together decades ago at the Walt Disney Co., have re-teamed for one of the most lucrative fundraising efforts by a startup. They have secured an initial round of $1 billion for their mobile video network, NewTV, with an eye toward launching the subscription service…

Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg has secured close to $1 billion in backing for WndrCo’s mobile video startup NewTV, winning backing from major Hollywood players. Several of the major studios including Disney, 21st Century Fox and Warner Bros, have collectively invested around $200 million in the venture, CNN…

Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised around $800 million to back his video startup NewTV from a group of investors that include major media companies, according to published reports. Warner Bros and 21st Century Fox are among a group of entertainment companies providing the venture with about $200 million in…