Kevin Mayer: Legacy Media Should Be Afraid, “the Center of Gravity in Youth Is Not Hollywood”

Kevin Mayer: Legacy Media Should Be Afraid, “the Center of Gravity in Youth Is Not Hollywood”

Candle Media co-CEO and former top Disney exec Kevin Mayer sat down for a wide-ranging Paley Dialogue conversation on Monday that focused heavily on how he sees social media impacting Hollywood. “The Future of Storytelling with Kevin Mayer,” moderated by Variety‘s Janelle Riley at the Beverly Wilshire, began with Mayer’s involvement in Disney acquiring Marvel…

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#Moonbug Helped Create a Kids Streaming Hit in ‘Cocomelon.’ Then Netflix and Disney+ Started Calling

#Moonbug Helped Create a Kids Streaming Hit in ‘Cocomelon.’ Then Netflix and Disney+ Started Calling

Moonbug Entertainment is thinking about what platforms to conquer next. The Candle Media-owned production company has long leaned on a strategy of ubiquity, making its programs like Cocomelon, Blippi and Little Baby Bum available on YouTube, and syndicating them on premium streaming platforms like Netflix and Prime Video. But René Rechtman, Moonbug’s founder and CEO, thinks…

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#Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann Named CEO of Westbrook’s Telepool (Exclusive) 

#Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann Named CEO of Westbrook’s Telepool (Exclusive) 

Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann Named CEO of Westbrook’s Telepool (Exclusive)  Veteran media executive Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann has been named the new CEO of Telepool, the German licensing, production and distribution company owned by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook.  Her appointment comes after Westbrook’s took full control of Telepool in December 2021. The Munich-based group is being positioned…

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