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News
NewFronts schedule revealed
Those presenting in 2015 who weren’t at this year’s NewFronts: Machinima, Fullscreen, Discovery Digital Networks, Refinery29 and HealthiNation.
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Distribution
Crackle debuts first Playing It Forward episode since NewFronts
It’s been a year since the first episode, but a spokesperson says “there is no formal structure” to the concert series that’s produced by Team Downey.
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News
AOL ups Marta Martinez to head of video sales
Martinez will be expected to keep AOL’s sales momentum going – the company has already sold half of its 2014 originals inventory.
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Launches
AOL debuts Road to Disrupt doc series
Produced by AOL Studios, all 12 episodes of the series are available for streaming in the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
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Features
Media buyers react to NewFronts
David Rittenhouse of Neo@Ogilvy and other execs at DigitasLBi, SMG, and M2 give their take on how this year’s Digital Content NewFronts may impact programming spend.
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Featured
Maker partners with Chester See, Morgan Spurlock
At the NewFronts, Maker Studios announced it’s launching a new channel with Spurlock called Smartish, and a scripted show with See called Over the Top. Maker.tv and Labs@Maker were also unveiled.
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Features
Blog post: Digital favors the bold at the NewFronts
Will Pate, VP of digital at M2 Canada, gives a media buyer’s perspective on the NewFronts and the shift of TV dollars to online.
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News
Michelle Phan’s plan is to go ‘beyond new media’
Endemol Beyond USA has signed the beauty vlogger, who has enjoyed a lot of attention lately as the subject of a YouTube advertising campaign.
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News
Wall Street Journal introduces digital video magazine
The Journal is also expanding its custom video production for advertisers with new studios in Hong Kong, London and New York.
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Entertainment
Time Inc. previews patent-pending video player
J.R. McCabe, SVP of video, puts into context the organization’s new series and the upcoming launch of a video hub called The Daily Cut.