When DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and former Hewlett-Packard and eBay CEO Meg Whitman announced the idea for Quibi last year, there was debate over whether millennials and Gen Zers would cash in on a mobile-only platform streaming shows lasting for 10 minutes or less. One thing is for certain, at the rate content deals are being announced, the highly anticipated service will, at the very least, be a full one. Quibi, short for “quick bites,” has already secured over a $100 million in ad commitments and now, six months ahead of the platform’s set launch date of April 6, 2020, the news content deals are rolling in, especially in the past week. So far, it looks like the platform, which will cost users $4.99 a month with ads, and $7.99 a month without ads, will host a wide range of news content, everything from sports and international news to celebrity gossip. With each new show announcement, baked-in sponsors like Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Walmart, Progressive and Google, might be able to take a sigh of relief. Most of the news content will live on the platform's “Daily Essentials,” a daily curated list of news and entertainment. Quibi is currently seeking to fill a number of positions for Daily Essentials. This week, the company posted for roles such as a Production Executive and Senior Content Executive. Here are all the recent news producers willing to take a risk on the service: TMZ’s two daily celebrity news shows On Friday,... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Tumblr was nearly as busy as Twitter during MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday when it came to the sheer number of content contributors, per Union Metrics, a company that offers analytics for both platforms. The San Francisco tech firm says 1.1 million Tumblr users posted content with... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about her book 'Team of Rivals,' and what it was like to see her work come to life in Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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ProPublica and Open Road Integrated Media will release several ebooks based on ProPublica's investigative journalism, beginning in February. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 15:13 Palazzo Editions will publish a "major" retrospective of the work of Steven Spielberg in August 2012, written in co-operation with the director. Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective will be written by film critic and documentary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 15:59 Quartet Books is launching a new imprint by veteran American broadcast journalist Charles Glass. The imprint, called Charles Glass Books, will focus on investigative journalism, war, world politics and corporate and political... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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