The World, public radio’s longest-running daily global news program, is now airing on a record 376 public radio stations across the United States and in Canada, more than at any point previously in the program’s history. The show, produced by GBH in Boston and Prx–– is heard by more than 2 million people nationwide on a weekly basis.
"We're delighted to welcome people from Florida, Wisconsin, Nevada, Ohio, Iowa, New York, Michigan, Illinois, and Kansas to the hundreds of communities listening to The World's global coverage," said Dan Lothian, executive producer of The World. "As we reach this exciting audience milestone, we remain committed to bringing all our listeners nuanced coverage of the most critical global issues of the day, fueling informed conversations about international affairs."
Stations that have recently begun airing The World, hosted by Marco Werman and produced by a team of award-winning journalists, include Wusf in Tampa,...
"We're delighted to welcome people from Florida, Wisconsin, Nevada, Ohio, Iowa, New York, Michigan, Illinois, and Kansas to the hundreds of communities listening to The World's global coverage," said Dan Lothian, executive producer of The World. "As we reach this exciting audience milestone, we remain committed to bringing all our listeners nuanced coverage of the most critical global issues of the day, fueling informed conversations about international affairs."
Stations that have recently begun airing The World, hosted by Marco Werman and produced by a team of award-winning journalists, include Wusf in Tampa,...
- 8/16/2023
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: The television adaptation of Chelsea Handler’s memoir Life Will Be the Death of Me has landed in development at Peacock.
Deadline understands that the NBCUniversal-backed streamer has taken in the small-screen adaptation of the book, which was published in 2019. It comes after Deadline revealed that Universal Television had landed the rights to the book in a competitive situation in 2019.
Handler is set to star and exec produce the single-camera project with Chelsea Handler Productions’s Liz Tuccillo, who has written on Sex and The City and Divorce, writing and exec producing.
The series follows Handler in crisis. She goes into therapy to become a nicer and less entitled person. Mayhem and calamity ensue as she overcorrects, stumbles, regresses, and loses her marbles on her journey to self-improvement. The half-hour series comes with emotional underpinnings as Chelsea realizes she must deal with a tragedy from her childhood in order to truly move forward.
Deadline understands that the NBCUniversal-backed streamer has taken in the small-screen adaptation of the book, which was published in 2019. It comes after Deadline revealed that Universal Television had landed the rights to the book in a competitive situation in 2019.
Handler is set to star and exec produce the single-camera project with Chelsea Handler Productions’s Liz Tuccillo, who has written on Sex and The City and Divorce, writing and exec producing.
The series follows Handler in crisis. She goes into therapy to become a nicer and less entitled person. Mayhem and calamity ensue as she overcorrects, stumbles, regresses, and loses her marbles on her journey to self-improvement. The half-hour series comes with emotional underpinnings as Chelsea realizes she must deal with a tragedy from her childhood in order to truly move forward.
- 1/18/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios is developing a TV series adaptation of Reeves Wiedeman’s New York Magazine article “Who Killed Tulum?“. Written and executive produced by Mehar Sethi, the project hails from Annapurna, New York Magazine, and Vox Media Studios.
Who Killed Tulum? is about a spoiled Mexican party-boy and a high-strung American woman who each seek a new life in the burgeoning resort town of Tulum circa 2007, a paradoxical paradise where extravagance has an ethos and glamour has a dark side. It tracks the rise and fall of a city, a generation and an era.
New York Magazine’s Scoop Wasserstein and Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle will executive produce the series. Wiedeman will serve as a co-executive producer with Chad Mumm, SVP, Head of Entertainment for Vox Media Studios. Annapurna’s Patrick Chu, Susan Goldberg and Zelda Wengrod will oversee...
Who Killed Tulum? is about a spoiled Mexican party-boy and a high-strung American woman who each seek a new life in the burgeoning resort town of Tulum circa 2007, a paradoxical paradise where extravagance has an ethos and glamour has a dark side. It tracks the rise and fall of a city, a generation and an era.
New York Magazine’s Scoop Wasserstein and Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle will executive produce the series. Wiedeman will serve as a co-executive producer with Chad Mumm, SVP, Head of Entertainment for Vox Media Studios. Annapurna’s Patrick Chu, Susan Goldberg and Zelda Wengrod will oversee...
- 2/2/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jake Gyllenhaal is gearing up to star in “A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions,” an adaptation of a New Yorker article that will be directed and written by Janicza Bravo.
Deadline reported that Bravo, the writer and director behind the upcoming “Zola” feature, is teaming with Annapurna to write and direct the series adaptation of journalist Ian Parker’s article, which was published in February 2019. The article focused on the life of former book editor Dan Mallory. Per Deadline, the series will center on an unreliable narrator who nurses brain tumors he does not have and mourns family members who are not dead while preying on people’s sympathy to get away with almost anything.
“What may have started out as my dog ate homework turns into my mother died of cancer, my brother took his life, and I have a double doctorate,” Bravo told Deadline. “Our protagonist is white,...
Deadline reported that Bravo, the writer and director behind the upcoming “Zola” feature, is teaming with Annapurna to write and direct the series adaptation of journalist Ian Parker’s article, which was published in February 2019. The article focused on the life of former book editor Dan Mallory. Per Deadline, the series will center on an unreliable narrator who nurses brain tumors he does not have and mourns family members who are not dead while preying on people’s sympathy to get away with almost anything.
“What may have started out as my dog ate homework turns into my mother died of cancer, my brother took his life, and I have a double doctorate,” Bravo told Deadline. “Our protagonist is white,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Annapurna has tapped Janicza Bravo, the writer and director behind the forthcoming Zola, to write and direct a series adaptation of Ian Parker’s New Yorker article A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions, which has Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star.
Published in February 2019, Parker’s story explores the complex life of former book editor Dan Mallory, whose debut psychological thriller, The Woman in the Window, written under the pseudonym A.J. Finn, was number one on the New York Times Bestseller list, the first debut novel to do so in twelve years.
The series will follow an unreliable narrator who nurses brain tumors he does not have and mourns family members who are not dead while preying on people’s sympathy to get away with almost anything. Bravo will co-write the pilot with Brian Savelson.
Bravo serves as an executive producer alongside Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker for Nine Stories...
Published in February 2019, Parker’s story explores the complex life of former book editor Dan Mallory, whose debut psychological thriller, The Woman in the Window, written under the pseudonym A.J. Finn, was number one on the New York Times Bestseller list, the first debut novel to do so in twelve years.
The series will follow an unreliable narrator who nurses brain tumors he does not have and mourns family members who are not dead while preying on people’s sympathy to get away with almost anything. Bravo will co-write the pilot with Brian Savelson.
Bravo serves as an executive producer alongside Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker for Nine Stories...
- 8/20/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the launch date and teaser for “Leslie Jones: Time Machine” and HBO announced the premiere date for “The Plot Against America.”
Dates
“High Maintenance” will return to HBO for Season 4 on Feb. 7. Created by Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, the show’s fourth season follows The Guy (Sinclair) back traversing the city on his bicycle, having said goodbye to last season’s Rv. With a new friend by his side, The Guy drops in on a variety of customers whose disparate lives, jobs, identities and circumstances reveal the human connection that we all seek. Returning guest stars this season include Crystal Monee Hall, Heléne Yorke, Ken Leung, Julianna Luna Vasquez, Avery Monsen, Rob Morgan, Max Jenkins, Chris Roberti, Becca Blackwell, Chris McKinney and Birgit Huppuch. Ira Glass and his team at “This American Life” will be featured in the upcoming season as new guest stars.
Dates
“High Maintenance” will return to HBO for Season 4 on Feb. 7. Created by Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, the show’s fourth season follows The Guy (Sinclair) back traversing the city on his bicycle, having said goodbye to last season’s Rv. With a new friend by his side, The Guy drops in on a variety of customers whose disparate lives, jobs, identities and circumstances reveal the human connection that we all seek. Returning guest stars this season include Crystal Monee Hall, Heléne Yorke, Ken Leung, Julianna Luna Vasquez, Avery Monsen, Rob Morgan, Max Jenkins, Chris Roberti, Becca Blackwell, Chris McKinney and Birgit Huppuch. Ira Glass and his team at “This American Life” will be featured in the upcoming season as new guest stars.
- 12/20/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has set its lead cast as production begins on The Plot Against America, its six-part miniseries based on the 2004 novel by the late Philip Roth. Stranger Things‘ Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Morgan Spector (Homeland), Anthony Boyle (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Azhy Robertson (Untitled Noah Baumbach Project), newcomer Caleb Malis and John Turturro (The Night Of) star in the mini, which hails from Annapurna Pictures and Joe Roth.
Written and executive produced by frequent collaborators David Simon and Ed Burns, The Plot Against America imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Kazan is Elizabeth “Bess” Levin, an insightful mother and homemaker, fears for the future as she tries to protect...
Written and executive produced by frequent collaborators David Simon and Ed Burns, The Plot Against America imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Kazan is Elizabeth “Bess” Levin, an insightful mother and homemaker, fears for the future as she tries to protect...
- 4/10/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Caleb Malis, and Azhy Robertson will lead the ensemble cast of HBO’s miniseries “Plot Against America” from David Simon.
Simon and Ed Burns will executive produce the show along with Joe Roth, Nina K. Noble, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Susan Goldberg, and Jeff Kirschenbaum. The project will be co-exec produced by Dennis Stratton and the late Philip Roth.
Based on Roth’s novel, the six-part series will imagine an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh — an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Boyle is a rising star who won a Tony and Olivier Award for his performance in the hit play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” He can next be seen opposite Nicholas Hoult...
Simon and Ed Burns will executive produce the show along with Joe Roth, Nina K. Noble, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Susan Goldberg, and Jeff Kirschenbaum. The project will be co-exec produced by Dennis Stratton and the late Philip Roth.
Based on Roth’s novel, the six-part series will imagine an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh — an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Boyle is a rising star who won a Tony and Olivier Award for his performance in the hit play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” He can next be seen opposite Nicholas Hoult...
- 4/10/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Winona Ryder and John Turturro and five others were cast in David Simon’s upcoming HBO miniseries, “The Plot Against America.”
Simon and Ed Burns are adapting the six-part miniseries from the late Philip Roth‘s book of the same name. Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Anthony Boyle, Azhy Robertson and Caleb Malis will also star.
The series imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism. In the novel, Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, with the story based on his own isolationist ideas from Lindbergh’s days as a spokesman for the America First Committee.
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Ryder will star as Evelyn Finkel,...
Simon and Ed Burns are adapting the six-part miniseries from the late Philip Roth‘s book of the same name. Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Anthony Boyle, Azhy Robertson and Caleb Malis will also star.
The series imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism. In the novel, Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, with the story based on his own isolationist ideas from Lindbergh’s days as a spokesman for the America First Committee.
Also Read: Hollywood Worries: Will HBO Still Be the Home of Prestige TV After Richard Plepler's Departure?
Ryder will star as Evelyn Finkel,...
- 4/10/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Timely six-part Philip Roth adaptation imagines alternate fascist America.
The Wire creator David Simon is returning to his regular home at HBO to write and serve as executive producer on The Plot Against America, a miniseries adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel about an alternate fascist America.
HBO has given a production commitment to the six-part screen version of Roth’s 2004 novel, which imagines an American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family that witnesses the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Simon will...
The Wire creator David Simon is returning to his regular home at HBO to write and serve as executive producer on The Plot Against America, a miniseries adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel about an alternate fascist America.
HBO has given a production commitment to the six-part screen version of Roth’s 2004 novel, which imagines an American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family that witnesses the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Simon will...
- 11/8/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Though David Simon’s “The Deuce” is set to wrap up its third season next year, HBO is staying business with the former “Wire” creator.
The pay cable network has given a production commitment to Simon’s adaptation of the Philip Roth book, “The Plot Against America,” which will be a six-part miniseries.
Based on Roth’s 2004 book, the series imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism. In the novel, Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, with the story based on his own isolationist ideas from Lindbergh’s days as a spokesman for the America First Committee.
Also Read: HBO Renews David Simon's 'The Deuce' for Third and Final Season
Simon and...
The pay cable network has given a production commitment to Simon’s adaptation of the Philip Roth book, “The Plot Against America,” which will be a six-part miniseries.
Based on Roth’s 2004 book, the series imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism. In the novel, Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, with the story based on his own isolationist ideas from Lindbergh’s days as a spokesman for the America First Committee.
Also Read: HBO Renews David Simon's 'The Deuce' for Third and Final Season
Simon and...
- 11/8/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
David Simon’s planned miniseries based on “The Plot Against America” has found a home at HBO, Variety has learned.
The six-part mini, based on the Philip Roth book of the same name, has scored a production commitment at the premium cabler. Simon had announced as early as last year that he was planning to adapt the book, though no network was attached at that time.
The series imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Simon and Ed Burns will serve as writers and executive producers. Joe Roth, Nina Noble, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Susan Goldberg, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Philip Roth will executive produce, with Dennis Stratton co-executive producing.
Simon has been a fixture at HBO ever...
The six-part mini, based on the Philip Roth book of the same name, has scored a production commitment at the premium cabler. Simon had announced as early as last year that he was planning to adapt the book, though no network was attached at that time.
The series imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Simon and Ed Burns will serve as writers and executive producers. Joe Roth, Nina Noble, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Susan Goldberg, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Philip Roth will executive produce, with Dennis Stratton co-executive producing.
Simon has been a fixture at HBO ever...
- 11/8/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has picked up a new David Simon/Ed Burns miniseries which paints a hypothetical U.S. reality that feels fightingly relevant and less farfetched following the Pittsburgh Synagogue massacre.
The six-part The Plot Against America, based on the praised Philip Roth novel, comes from Annapurna Pictures and Joe Roth. It imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Frequent collaborators Simon and Burns are writing and executive producing. Also executive producing the miniseries are Joe Roth and producing partner Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, another long-time Simon collaborator, Nina Noble (pictured above with Simon and Burns), Annapurna’s Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle — the former HBO entertainment president — and Susan Goldberg as well as Philip Roth. Dennis Stratton is co-executive producing.
The six-part The Plot Against America, based on the praised Philip Roth novel, comes from Annapurna Pictures and Joe Roth. It imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Frequent collaborators Simon and Burns are writing and executive producing. Also executive producing the miniseries are Joe Roth and producing partner Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, another long-time Simon collaborator, Nina Noble (pictured above with Simon and Burns), Annapurna’s Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle — the former HBO entertainment president — and Susan Goldberg as well as Philip Roth. Dennis Stratton is co-executive producing.
- 11/8/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has put in development KTown, a dark comedy from Barry producer Jason Kim, Greta Lee (St. Vincent), who also stars, and Annapurna TV.
Written by Kim and Lee, KTown is a dark comedy about L.A.’s most eccentric zip code – Koreatown – and the kingpin family at the center of it.
Lee will play Yumi, self-proclaimed Brentwood Barbie and daughter of the Kang family, who reconnects with her “embarrassing” Korean roots to become a powerful Korean-American woman.
Kim and Lee executive produce with Annapurna TV’s Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Susan Goldberg.
Kim is currently a producer on Barry for HBO. He most recently was a consulting producer for Love on Netflix and before that was an executive story editor on Girls for HBO. He is currently co-executive producing a series for HBO alongside Kid Fury & Lena Waithe. He developed The Middlesteins for Showtime with Nina Tassler executive producing.
Written by Kim and Lee, KTown is a dark comedy about L.A.’s most eccentric zip code – Koreatown – and the kingpin family at the center of it.
Lee will play Yumi, self-proclaimed Brentwood Barbie and daughter of the Kang family, who reconnects with her “embarrassing” Korean roots to become a powerful Korean-American woman.
Kim and Lee executive produce with Annapurna TV’s Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Susan Goldberg.
Kim is currently a producer on Barry for HBO. He most recently was a consulting producer for Love on Netflix and before that was an executive story editor on Girls for HBO. He is currently co-executive producing a series for HBO alongside Kid Fury & Lena Waithe. He developed The Middlesteins for Showtime with Nina Tassler executive producing.
- 10/4/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO is teaming with Jason Kim and Greta Lee to develop a comedy series about Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood.
Kim and Lee will write and executive produce “KTown,” billed as a a dark comedy about La’s most eccentric zip code and the kingpin family at the center of it. Lee will star as Yumi, a self-proclaimed Brentwood Barbie and daughter of the Kang family, who reconnects with her “embarrassing” Korean roots to become a powerful Korean-American woman.
Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Susan Goldberg will also serve as executive producers for Annapurna TV.
Kim currently serves as a producer on HBO’s comedy series “Barry.” He recently was a consulting producer for “Love” on Netflix, and prior to that was an executive story editor on HBO’s “Girls.” He is also co-executive producing a series for HBO alongside Kid Fury and Lena Waithe. Kim developed “The Middlesteins” for Showtime,...
Kim and Lee will write and executive produce “KTown,” billed as a a dark comedy about La’s most eccentric zip code and the kingpin family at the center of it. Lee will star as Yumi, a self-proclaimed Brentwood Barbie and daughter of the Kang family, who reconnects with her “embarrassing” Korean roots to become a powerful Korean-American woman.
Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Susan Goldberg will also serve as executive producers for Annapurna TV.
Kim currently serves as a producer on HBO’s comedy series “Barry.” He recently was a consulting producer for “Love” on Netflix, and prior to that was an executive story editor on HBO’s “Girls.” He is also co-executive producing a series for HBO alongside Kid Fury and Lena Waithe. Kim developed “The Middlesteins” for Showtime,...
- 10/4/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
HBO is in development on a comedy about the Los Angeles neighborhood of Koreatown from “Kpop: The Musical” writer Jason Kim and “Girls” alum Greta Lee, the network announced on Thursday.
Co-written and executive produced by Kim and Lee, “KTown” will be set in “La’s most eccentric zip code,” and will follow the kingpin family at the center of it.
Lee is also attached to star in the potential series as Yumi, a self-proclaimed Brentwood Barbie and daughter of the Kang family, who reconnects with her “embarrassing” Korean roots to become a powerful Korean-American woman.
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Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Susan Goldberg will also serve as executive producers on the project for Annapurna TV.
The project further extends Kim’s relationship with HBO, following his current role as a producer on...
Co-written and executive produced by Kim and Lee, “KTown” will be set in “La’s most eccentric zip code,” and will follow the kingpin family at the center of it.
Lee is also attached to star in the potential series as Yumi, a self-proclaimed Brentwood Barbie and daughter of the Kang family, who reconnects with her “embarrassing” Korean roots to become a powerful Korean-American woman.
Also Read: HBO Orders Danny McBride's Televangelist Comedy 'The Righteous Gemstones' to Series
Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Susan Goldberg will also serve as executive producers on the project for Annapurna TV.
The project further extends Kim’s relationship with HBO, following his current role as a producer on...
- 10/4/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
National Geographic Partners will lose three of its top executives in a restructuring, CEO Gary Knell wrote in an internal memo obtained by TheWrap on Tuesday.
Rachel Webber, executive vice president of digital; Rosa Zeegers, executive vice president of consumer products and experiences; and Laura Nichols, executive vice president and chief communications officer, are all set to depart the company. Zeegers and Nichols are leaving today.
Webber will transition into an advisory role in which she will “identify growth opportunities,” including exploring Vr experiences and developing an Ott strategy.
Also Read: Gary E Knell to Succeed Declan Moore as Nat Geo Partners CEO
The reorganization comes under the leadership of Knell — who was appointed CEO of Nat Geo Partners in February — in an attempt to streamline the company’s editorial operations, combining print and digital efforts.
Susan Goldberg, currently editor-in-chief of the print magazine, will serve as serve as editorial...
Rachel Webber, executive vice president of digital; Rosa Zeegers, executive vice president of consumer products and experiences; and Laura Nichols, executive vice president and chief communications officer, are all set to depart the company. Zeegers and Nichols are leaving today.
Webber will transition into an advisory role in which she will “identify growth opportunities,” including exploring Vr experiences and developing an Ott strategy.
Also Read: Gary E Knell to Succeed Declan Moore as Nat Geo Partners CEO
The reorganization comes under the leadership of Knell — who was appointed CEO of Nat Geo Partners in February — in an attempt to streamline the company’s editorial operations, combining print and digital efforts.
Susan Goldberg, currently editor-in-chief of the print magazine, will serve as serve as editorial...
- 7/31/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
National Geographic Partners is undergoing a reorganization under new CEO Gary E. Knell, and shedding top executives in the process.
Variety has learned that digital chief Rachel Webber, consumer-products head Rosa Zeeger, and top communications exec Laura Nichols will exit National Geographic Partners — the joint venture between 21st Century Fox Television and the National Geographic Society that oversees the National Geographic brand’s television channels, magazine, digital media and other businesses such as book publishing and travel. The move comes five months after Knell, former head of the society, was named CEO of the joint venture, succeeding Declan Moore.
“Under the leadership of our new CEO Gary Knell, National Geographic Partners has made adjustments to our organizational structure to better streamline operations and drive growth,” a spokesperson for the company said. “We look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead for our 130 year-old brand as we continue to build a...
Variety has learned that digital chief Rachel Webber, consumer-products head Rosa Zeeger, and top communications exec Laura Nichols will exit National Geographic Partners — the joint venture between 21st Century Fox Television and the National Geographic Society that oversees the National Geographic brand’s television channels, magazine, digital media and other businesses such as book publishing and travel. The move comes five months after Knell, former head of the society, was named CEO of the joint venture, succeeding Declan Moore.
“Under the leadership of our new CEO Gary Knell, National Geographic Partners has made adjustments to our organizational structure to better streamline operations and drive growth,” a spokesperson for the company said. “We look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead for our 130 year-old brand as we continue to build a...
- 7/31/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans Day (June 8), National Georgraphic is releasing engaging new content and hosting a series of events to highlight the importance of protecting the world’s oceans.
These activities come on the heels of National Geographic’s Planet or Plastic? launch and will help support the theme of both World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2018, which is centered on preventing plastic pollution.
Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness about the global plastic crisis and reducing the amount of single-use plastic that enters the world’s oceans. Using the power of storytelling and science, National Geographic is encouraging its audiences around the world to help tackle the crisis, beginning with the release of the June issue of National Geographic magazine, which takes an in-depth look at the impact of plastic on ocean health and is available on newsstands now.
These activities come on the heels of National Geographic’s Planet or Plastic? launch and will help support the theme of both World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2018, which is centered on preventing plastic pollution.
Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness about the global plastic crisis and reducing the amount of single-use plastic that enters the world’s oceans. Using the power of storytelling and science, National Geographic is encouraging its audiences around the world to help tackle the crisis, beginning with the release of the June issue of National Geographic magazine, which takes an in-depth look at the impact of plastic on ocean health and is available on newsstands now.
- 6/5/2018
- Look to the Stars
Annapurna Television is developing a scripted series inspired by the alleged sex cult NXIVM, with “Westworld” actress Shannon Woodward attached to executive produce.
The potential series is based on the New York Times report about the group published last year. The report, authored by Barry Meier, featured interviews with multiple women who said the purported self-help group, led by Keith Raniere, recruited women to serve as “slaves” and branded them with Raniere’s initials.
No writer is attached yet, but Woodward will executive produce along with Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle and Susan Goldberg of Annapurna.
The group has come under renewed interest in recent weeks, after Raniere was arrested in Mexico last month on charges of sex trafficking. “Smallville” star Allison Mack, who was identified as Raniere’s top lieutenant in the Times report, was arrested last week.
The potential series is based on the New York Times report about the group published last year. The report, authored by Barry Meier, featured interviews with multiple women who said the purported self-help group, led by Keith Raniere, recruited women to serve as “slaves” and branded them with Raniere’s initials.
No writer is attached yet, but Woodward will executive produce along with Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle and Susan Goldberg of Annapurna.
The group has come under renewed interest in recent weeks, after Raniere was arrested in Mexico last month on charges of sex trafficking. “Smallville” star Allison Mack, who was identified as Raniere’s top lieutenant in the Times report, was arrested last week.
- 4/25/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
National Geographic magazine is speaking out, acknowledging in stark terms in its April issue that “for decades, our coverage was racist.” “It hurts to share the appalling stories from the magazine’s past,” editor in chief Susan Goldberg wrote in an essay in the new issue. “But when we decided to devote our April magazine to the topic of race, we thought we should examine our own history before turning our reportorial gaze to others.” Goldberg also noted, “I’m the tenth editor of National Geographic since its founding in 1888. I’m the first woman and the first Jewish person — a member...
- 3/13/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Emma Watson, actor, activist and Un Women Global Goodwill Ambassador has partnered with National Geographic to become the first guest editor of the National Geographic Instagram account (@NatGeo) to mark International Women’s Day 2018 on Thursday, March 8.
Working with the editorial team at National Geographic, Watson will curate the account, highlighting the work of eight National Geographic female photographers. The photographers, from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Australia, the United States and the Philippines, cover a wide range of important and relevant topics including male guardianship and the longstanding ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, the effects of displacement on women and girls running from Boko Haram in Nigeria, unequal pay in India for women day laborers in the brick industry, the bond between mothers and their babies evident even in nature, advancements in women’s rights and the importance of self-identity and the power of hope for a better...
Working with the editorial team at National Geographic, Watson will curate the account, highlighting the work of eight National Geographic female photographers. The photographers, from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Australia, the United States and the Philippines, cover a wide range of important and relevant topics including male guardianship and the longstanding ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, the effects of displacement on women and girls running from Boko Haram in Nigeria, unequal pay in India for women day laborers in the brick industry, the bond between mothers and their babies evident even in nature, advancements in women’s rights and the importance of self-identity and the power of hope for a better...
- 3/8/2018
- Look to the Stars
Paul McCartney, musician, activist and global icon, has joined National Geographic Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg, for an exclusive conversation, ahead of releasing a new documentary short in support of his campaign “Meat Free Monday,” which can be viewed at nationalgeographic.com.
National Geographic Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg meets Paul McCartney
Along with daughters and campaign co-founders Mary and Stella McCartney, the new documentary film, One Day a Week, also features Academy Award-winner Emma Stone and Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winner Woody Harrelson, as they narrate and share facts about the impact of livestock agriculture on climate change.
Video: 'One Day a Week'
“Meat Free Monday encourages people to not eat meat at least one day a week with the hope that if enough people do it and the idea spreads, it will make a difference,” said McCartney. "My film, One Day a Week, aims to raise awareness of...
National Geographic Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg meets Paul McCartney
Along with daughters and campaign co-founders Mary and Stella McCartney, the new documentary film, One Day a Week, also features Academy Award-winner Emma Stone and Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winner Woody Harrelson, as they narrate and share facts about the impact of livestock agriculture on climate change.
Video: 'One Day a Week'
“Meat Free Monday encourages people to not eat meat at least one day a week with the hope that if enough people do it and the idea spreads, it will make a difference,” said McCartney. "My film, One Day a Week, aims to raise awareness of...
- 11/2/2017
- Look to the Stars
Twenty-First Century Fox and the National Geographic Society have completed the transaction to form National Geographic Partners — and the new entity already has its senior leadership squadron in place. The top-level team includes Ward Platt, Susan Goldberg, Courteney Moore (pictured above), and Jeffrey Schneider. Ward will become COO of the new company; Goldberg adds the Editorial Director title; Monroe takes on CEO of National Geographic Global Networks; Schneider is now executive vice president of Business and Legal Affairs at the new partnership. The appointments atop the combo of Nat Geo TV Channels and the parent company’s other media and consumer-oriented assets were made by.
- 11/16/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Coming on the heels of the shakeup in the upper ranks at National Geographic Channels comes word of expanded roles for three top Nat Geo execs, Brooke Runnette, Declan Moore and Chris Johns. In her new role, Nat Geo TV President Runnette will take on expanded production responsibilities, overseeing all video, television and film production for the Society, from short form to giant screen, working closely with Moore and Johns, CEO and President Gary Knell announced today. Johns will oversee the print and digital expression of National Geographic’s editorial content across platforms. He will be responsible for National Geographic magazine, News, Books, Traveler magazine, Maps and all digital content with the exception of National Geographic Kids. Johns will continue to report to Moore, who has been named chief media officer for the Society. As part of the reorganizion, Susan Goldberg, Executive Editor of News and Features, has been promoted...
- 4/30/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
National Geographic Society's nonprofit media operations announced a lot of moving parts on Wednesday. As part of a general realignment, Declan Moore has been named chief media officer of TV, film and video. And Chris Johns goes to chief content officer, where he will oversee National Geographic magazine, news, books, Traveler magazine, maps and all digital content, with the exception of National Geographic Kids. Johns will report to Moore. Also read: Nat Geo's ‘Life Below Zero’ Producers Expose Cold Reality Behind the Scenes (Exclusive Video) Susan Goldberg has been named new editor-in-chief of National Geographic Magazine — its tenth — and will report to.
- 4/30/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Beverly Hills, CA . The lasting influence of Disney artist Mary Blair will be celebrated through an examination of her concept artwork for “Cinderella,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter Pan” in the 1950s during “Mary Blair.s World of Color: A Centennial Tribute,” the latest installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Marc Davis Celebration of Animation, on Thursday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Several of today.s top animation talents will discuss Blair.s work as an artist and stylist and will also demonstrate how her work has influenced their own. The panel will be moderated by animation critic and film historian Charles Solomon.
Blair.s unmistakably bold and colorful designs continue to inspire artists in all areas of animation today. Her unique and lasting impact on animation continues to this day, though Blair is best known for her...
Several of today.s top animation talents will discuss Blair.s work as an artist and stylist and will also demonstrate how her work has influenced their own. The panel will be moderated by animation critic and film historian Charles Solomon.
Blair.s unmistakably bold and colorful designs continue to inspire artists in all areas of animation today. Her unique and lasting impact on animation continues to this day, though Blair is best known for her...
- 9/29/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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