Legendary Entertainment’s Thomas Tull will be stepping up his existing investment in Nerdist and will be actually making an all-out acquisition of it. Nerdist was founded in 2008 by comedian, author, podcaster, and new media personality Chris Hardwick. In 2011, Nerdist merged with Peter Levin’s GeekChicDaily to form Nerdist Industries. According to Deadline “Hardwick and Levin will continue in their current roles within Nerdist, and will also take on the roles of Co-Presidents of Legendary’s digital business with Hardwick serving as Co-President Digital Content and Levin functioning as Co-President Digital Strategy. They will work closely with Legendary’s executive management team on event management and comics-related operations. The deal calls for Nerdist to maintain complete editorial autonomy, as well (Hardwick and Levin wouldn’t have done the deal if they were going to be stripped of their independence, though they will now they will report to Legendary Entertainment COO...
- 7/10/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
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