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EXCLUSIVE: Leading Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun has signed with Storied Media Group for film and television representation. SMG will package and sell the newspaper's content for feature films and television both domestically and internationally. "We are thrilled to be working with The Asahi Shimbun to bring…

EXCLUSIVE: Storied Media Group continues to expand its executive ranks with four new key hires across its Content & Client Partnerships, StoryScout Editorial and Business Affairs divisions. Sara Barkan and Justine Taylor have joined the company’s Content & Client Partnerships division, Cherie Rodgers will point the…

Storied Media Group has promoted four executives across its Content and Client Partnership and Operations divisions. Kevin Fernandes, in charge of day-to-day operations of the company, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations, along with Shayna Lyga to Vice President, Content and Client Partnerships…

EXCLUSIVE: Todd Hoffman, who had a 13-year run as a lit agent before setting up his own shop in 2013, is expanding a tool he developed to cut through the dealmaking clutter. StoryScout is a digital offering first introduced in 2018 by Hoffman’s company, Storied Media Group. The offering is digital but also backed by…

EXCLUSIVE: Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom The Marshall Project has closed a deal with Storied Media Group for representation of its film and television rights. Storied Media Group will represent the publisher in the packaging and selling of its acclaimed, critical and timely reporting on the U.S. criminal…

As the motion picture industry shrinks and TV arena expands, more creative power should be relegated to producers. That was the message today at INTV’s panel “Creative Financing and Strategic Partners: Thinking Outside the Box.” “At the end of the day, it’s about the producers and the content they want to create,&#8221…

Ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, Storied Media Group has acquired the production and sponsorship rights to a large archeological excavation in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, to begin in September, led by renowned Egyptologist and archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass. The project is being…

Tele München Group and Storied Media Group completed a second round of investment funding to continue to build SMG. The new capital allows Tele Munchen Group, which acquired a minority stake in SMG in early 2017, to continue to accelerate its growth plans in serving high-end published content to Hollywood producers…

Navid McIlhargey has joined Storied Media Group as President of Scripted & Client Partnerships. The hire was made by founder/CEO Todd Hoffman. McIlhargey will develop and set up projects for clients that include Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, Smithsonian, and The Guardian. A former exec at New Regency…

EXCLUSIVE: British newspaper company The Guardian has signed with Storied Media Group to package its articles — both new and archived over the last two centuries — for feature and TV projects. This gives the publisher (which has the UK newspapers The Guardian and The Observer) a stake in projects based on the IP it…

EXCLUSIVE: The Washington Post has signed an exclusive deal with Storied Media Group to rep the newspaper and its trove of IP for feature films, TV and digital opportunities. It is the first time the paper has signed with an agency to rep its journalism in Hollywood. SMG will guide an emerging video strategy for the…

EXCLUSIVE: NPR has inked a deal with Bungalow | Storied Media Group to represent it for feature film and TV development, finance and distribution. The nonprofit is the latest media outlet to join up with Bungalow | SMG, which already reps the likes of the New York Times, 60 Minutes, Smithsonian Enterprises, New York Ma…