Erin McPherson has departed her post as chief content officer at Maker Studios, TheWrap has confirmed. McPherson joined in 2013 from Yahoo, where she led video strategy. Her arrival predated the Walt Disney Company’s purchase of Maker Studios in 2014. She was part of the executive team brought on board to guide the company as it transitioned out from under the leadership of Danny Zappin, company co-founder. Also Read: ITV Invests in Ex-Maker Studios' Founder Danny Zappin's Zealot Networks Zappin resigned as CEO of Maker in April, 2013, and was succeeded by current CEO Ynon Kreiz. McPherson joined the company in November.
- 8/24/2015
- by Daniel Holloway
- The Wrap
Maker Studios made out big with YouTube's big announcement last night revealing its first wave of original channels. Maker Studios was one of the big winners with three original channels—the most channels awarded to any producer. Of the 96 original channels announced yesterday, most only received one; only six other producers were given three channels: Bedrocket Media, BermanBraun, Clevver Media, Demand Media, Electus, and IconicTV. YouTube has committed over $100 million dollars for its latest content initiative, tapping A-list producers and top talent to create premium content. Yet unlike many of the new Hollywood-focused channels blessed by YouTube, what Maker founders Dan Zappin, Lisa Donovan, and Ben Donovan have created along with talent co-founders KassemG, Michael Gallagher, Shay Carl, and many others is something built from the ground up. "YouTube itself has changed the world, some individual videos on YouTube and certain YouTube Partners have impacted the world, and now whole...
- 10/29/2011
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
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