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Rooster 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.
Levin, an industry veteran known for his executive stints at the WB network and, more recently, Awesomeness, Xbox and the…
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WarnerMedia’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 relayed the news to the staff Thursday, calling it “a tough day … unlike any moment of organizational change we have…
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Otter Media Moves Under WarnerMedia Purview Of Entertainment Chief Bob Greenblatt
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 company said, is to unite Otter’s digital properties (among them Fullscreen, Rooster Teeth and Crunchyroll) with the full…
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Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective Buys Stake In Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine; Otter Media Ups Its Stake
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 in and launches global OTT media services, has also increased its stake in Witherspoon's company. Both investors are…
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Machinima 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 Warner Bros in 2016 and at the beginning of 2019 was folded into WarnerMedia’s Otter Media, confirmed the moves…
Otter 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 to staff today outlining changes that he said would better position the digital media company to capitalize on the…
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WarnerMedia-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 brand and online presence, sources say, though Otter will steer business operations and look to apply its expertise in…
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Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos To Exit Following AT&T’s Acquisition of Otter Media
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 multichannel networks that brought together thousands of YouTube creators. It tried to launch a team-focused streaming…
NickSplat SVOD Channel From Nickelodeon Brings ‘CatDog,’ ‘Doug’ And Other ’90s Shows To VRV Streaming Service
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 of nearly 30 series of Nick's most popular shows, including All That, CatDog, Clarissa Explains It All, Doug, Kenan…
Ellation Launches Division To Create Original Content, Names Women In Animation President Margaret Dean Studio Head
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 manager of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and current president of Women in Animation, has been named head of studio for the new…
H.S. Sports Venture Mars Reel Completes $4.7 Million Funding Round With Backing From Otter Media, Dwayne Wade And Drake
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 artist Drake and Otter Media.
Together with backing from NBA standouts LeBron James and Kevin Durant, brothers Brandon and…
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 AT&T’s WarnerMedia, the new content company created after the telco giant’s acquisition of Time Warner.
Tony Goncalves, who was…
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