Propagate Acquires Indie Production Company Electus and Majority Stake in Artist First
The independent content creation and distribution company is looking to expand its full-service global studio
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CBS Orders 13-Episode Summer Event Series ‘Blood & Treasure’
Big-budget action-adventure show will have to wait until 2019
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Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Silverman Team for ‘Vice’-Style TV Series on Wellness
Goop enters TV business with Propagate Content for “The Radical Wellness Show”
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Apple Has No Interest in Buying a Studio, Content Chief Eddy Cue Says
The tech giant plans to focus on programming that existing firms aren’t developing, at least for now
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Propagate Launches International Division Led by Cyrus Farrokh
Propagate executives Jay Weisleder and Jimmy McNider round out international executive team
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Katie Couric, Arianna Huffington to Speak at Advertising Week New York Conference
Other featured presenters at 13th meeting of media leaders include Drew Barrymore, Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Cuban
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TBS Greenlights Greg Garcia, Danny McBride-Produced Comedies
TCA 2016: Turner comedy channel also orders Wanda Sykes pilot
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Ben Silverman Rejoins Ex-Partner Howard Owens as Propagate Content Co-CEO
Independent TV company partnering with Will.i.am on Apple’s first original TV series
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Greg Berlanti’s Archie Adaptation ‘Riverdale’ Among New CW Pilot Orders
Network also picks up pilots set on Mars and in Transylvania and new telenovela adaptation from “Jane The Virgin” writer
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7 Takeaways From TheGrill 2015: Unbundling Threat, Digital Growth and Badass Chris Sacca
My brain is bursting — here’s what I learned at our sixth annual media conference
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TheGrill 2015: 4 Reality Titans Debate the ‘Death’ of Unscripted TV, Hits and Misses of the Genre (Video)
“Once we hit every subsection of American life from trailer to penthouse, we kind of got grossed out about it as a genre,” Electus chief Ben Silverman says at TheWrap’s sixth annual media leadership conference
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‘Casanova’ Trailer Puts Diego Luna’s Allure on Display as 18th-Century Playboy (Video)
Amazon original dramatic pilot available Aug. 7 with the pilot for “Sneaky Pete”
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Diego Luna Joins Amazon’s ‘Casanova’ Pilot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet to Direct
Project is in production and scheduled for a late 2015 premiere
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Ben Silverman’s Electus Bringing ‘Canada’s Smartest Person’ to US
“Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” co-creator Barry Poznick will executive produce the competitive reality show
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TheWrap Celebrates With 74 Oscar Nominees at Pre-Awards Event
With Acoustic Performances of Best Songs “Grateful,” “Lost Stars”
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Legendary Actress Rita Moreno Joins CW’s ‘Jane the Virgin’
Hollywood icon will play actress Gina Rodriguez’s grandmother on the Golden Globe-winning freshman drama
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Sundance 2015 Scene and Heard: Iggy Azalea, Keanu Reeves, Hailee Steinfeld, Diplo, Adam Scott (Photos)
TheWrap Party Report catches Wu-Tang Clan, Nick Nolte and Kevin Bacon turning heads Saturday, while Michael Fassbender’s “job” keeps him away from Utah
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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Wayward Pines’ With Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard Gets Global Premiere
The 10-episode Fox event series will debut in more than 125 countries simultaneously marking a record for a scripted show
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‘Flash,’ ‘Jane the Virgin’ Get Full Season Orders From CW
The series have been banking ratings and critical acclaim for the youth-skewing network
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Hollywood’s Anti-Zucker Campaign, CNN Tears, Katie Couric Fallout: 7 Revelations from Jeff Zucker NY Mag Profile
A new profile reveals an in-depth look at the television executive’s health problems, “Tonight Show” and Ben Silverman regrets from his meteoric rise through NBC and retooling of CNN
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Beatles Event Series in the Works at NBC
“The Tudors” creator will write eight-episode project about the Fab Four
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CW Orders ‘The Flash,’ ‘Jane the Virgin,’ ‘iZombie’ and ‘The Messengers’ to Series
“Carrie Diaries,” “The Tomorrow People” and “Star-Crossed” canceled; “The 100,” “Hart of Dixie” and “Beauty and the Beast” renewed
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Will Netflix and Amazon’s Push Into Original Series Hurt the TV Business?
Top executives across the entertainment industry weigh in on the medium’s future
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Universal Chief Jeff Shell: Jeffrey Katzenberg Is Wrong About Future of the Movie Biz
Shell rejects DreamWorks Animation CEO’s argument that the film industry is no longer growing
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Pivot to Air Stanley Tucci Series ‘Fortitude,’ Revamps ‘TakePart Live’
Eddie Huang joins Meghan McCain and Jacob Sobaroff on live talk show
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‘Candid Camera’ Gets a TV Land Reboot: EP Peter Funt Talks ‘Derivative’ Shows, Drones, and a More Gullible Public
People “are far easier to fool today,” says Peter Funt, the show’s executive producer and co-host
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CMT Lines Up Katy Perry-Kasey Musgraves ‘Crossroads’ Special, More ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’
Network reveals a very full Summer and Fall slate
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‘Filly Brown’ Star Gina Rodriguez Lands Lead on CW Pilot ‘Jane the Virgin’
The new drama is written and produced by Jennie Snyder Urman (“Emily Owens M.D.”)
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Don’t Slam The Door: Lauren Zalaznick Leaves NBCU, Jeff Shell Cleans Up
The senior digital executive had no operating role. Duh – that’s what everybody said back in February
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TheGrill: Ben Silverman on the Benefit of Mixing TV and Digital (Video)
The Electus chairman talks about forging meaningful partnerships, and envisions a day when YouTube will be as prominent as CBS
