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Cynopsis Jobs will now publish on Sunday & Wednesday mornings, delivered by 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., respectively.
Our list of 85,000 job seekers (and job curious) includes experienced media buyers and planners, marketers, programmer, sales execs, researchers, production folks, and other talented professionals.
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PUBLISHERS
The local news sites DNAinfo and Gothamist have been shuttered. Gothamist, which focused on the New York City area, and DNAinfo, which focused on both New York and Chicago, had 115 employees between them. Both were owned by businessman Joe Ricketts. His decision to shut down Gothamist and DNAinfo came only one week after the sites’ employees voted to join the Writers Guild East of America. In the past, Ricketts has been vocal in his opposition to modern-day unions, arguing that they’re detrimental to free enterprise.
APPS + PLATFORM
Amazon’s Twitch has begun rolling out Raids, a new feature that makes it easier for users to send their viewers to another streamer’s broadcast. Broadcasters simply have to type “/raid” into a chat, followed by the name of a broadcaster; a countdown timer will then appear, and anyone who clicked on the link will automatically be sent to the new channel. Twitch first announced the new feature last month, at its annual TwitchCon event. It will be available to all users within two weeks.
President Donald Trump’s Twitter account temporarily vanished last week. While some initially assumed the outage was the result of a technical glitch, Twitter later revealed the true cause: A customer support employee on their last day at the company deactivated the account intentionally. All told, the president’s Twitter account was offline for 11 minutes.
AUDIO + MUSIC STREAMING
Music-streamer Pandora may have under-performed on revenue in Q3, but new CEO Roger Lynch has some ideas for how to change things going forward. For one, the company intends to boost advertising revenue by improving its ad tech, Lynch told investors during the company’s earnings call. He also said that the company intends to secure more listeners by launching additional non-music content. (The company already has a partnership in place that lets it stream Serial and This American Life.) “New forms of content – like podcasts, spoken word and traditional radio – will expand engagement with our existing audience and attract new and lapsed listeners,” said Lynch. Lynch joined Pandora in August; he’d previously served as CEO of the Dish Network-owned virtual MVPD service Sling TV.
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. is moving to improve its ad tech. As first reported by TechCrunch, the company has acquired Metamarkets, a startup that provides programmatic ad data-related services to marketers. Those services include a data dashboard to help marketers measure how their campaigns are performing; inventory discovery and bid monitoring for ad exchanges; and an API that lets marketers import programmatic data into other apps. The companies haven’t commented on the deal. According to TechCrunch, Snap paid less than $100 million. As with Facebook and Twitter, ad dollars account for the vast majority of Snap’s revenue.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Brat, a teen-oriented digital production startup launched by entrepreneur Rob Fishman earlier in the year, has added a new exec. As first reported by Recode, Darren Lachtman has been named as co-founder of the company alongside Fishman. It’s not the first time the two have worked together; Fishman and Lachtman co-founded Niche, the influencer marketing company that Twitter acquired in 2015. Brat has also secured some new funding, raising $10 million in a new round led by A. Capital. Existing investors Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Advancit Capital, and Box Group also contributed.
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10 SEATS REMAINING
The Cynopsis Digital Awards Luncheon: NOV. 10 from 12pm – 2pm in NYC
We hope you’ll join your peers in the industry, including: Boingo, Bravo Media, Cobblecord, Crown Media Family Networks, Disney-ABC Television Group, Driver Digital, First Media, Horizon Media, Hulu, iHeart Media, INSP, Intel, Jukin Media, NBC Sports, NBCUniversal, One Solution, Pilgrim Media Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Crackle, Spike, Turner Broadcasting, Univision, USA Network, Viacom Velocity, WWE, Zenith and many more!
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UPCOMING DIGITAL PROGRAMMING…
… for the week of Monday, November 6, through Sunday, November 12
– People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30 AM ET and 11:30 AM ET. Guests include musician Andy Grammer (S-Curve Records’ “The Good Parts”), TV personality Sheree Whitfield (Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta), and pop group Why Don’t We,
– Acorn TV: Swedish crime series Rebecka Martinsson makes its U.S. debut today, November 6
– Netflix: Anime series Fate/Apocrypha debuts Tuesday, November 7
– Netflix: Family-friendly series Project Mc2 debuts Tuesday, November 7
– Amazon Video: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a new family-friendly animated series, debuts Tuesday, November 7
– Netflix: Japanese drama series Blazing Transfer Students debuts Friday, November 10
– Netflix: Animated kids’ series Dinotrux Supercharged debuts Friday, November 10
– Netflix: Season two of animated family series Glitter Force Doki Doki, debuts Friday, November 10
– Netflix: The Killer [aka O Matador], a new foreign western film, debuts Friday, November 10
– Netflix: Season 2 of Maria Bamford-starring comedy series Lady Dynamite debuts Friday, November 10
– Hulu: Obey Giant, a documentary about artist Shepard Fairey, debuts Saturday, November 11
– CBS All Access: No Activity, CBS’s first original streaming comedy series, debuts Sunday, November 12
TRIVIA
Who directed the Netflix original horror comedy film The Babysitter? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and state.)
Our Last Trivia Question: For which movie role did 11.22.63 actor Chris Cooper win an Academy Award? Answer: “Orchid Thief” John Laroche in Adaptation. Kudos to Louis Lewow-Lewow Media Group/GA, Dan Quitério-Understood/NY, Andy Pittman-TAMU/TX, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/CA, Sheena Das-Disney ABC/NY, Lorrie Shilling/CA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/CA, and Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/CA
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Get Excited!
Entries are NOW open for the Cynopsis TV and Buyers & Planners Awards
The Cynopsis TV Awards salute excellence in national TV programming, from writing and directing to casting and hosting. In addition, we recognize outstanding achievement across teams, platforms, and overall merit. The Buyers & Planners Awards honors the most creative and dynamic media buyers and planners working in linear and digital content.
Enter by November 10!
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SHORT FORM SPOTLIGHT
YouTube Red has set a premiere date for sci-fi/comedy film Lazer Team 2. The movie – a sequel to Lazer Team, the first-ever feature film from the digital media company Rooster Teeth – is set to debut on November 22. Check out the trailer here.
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MEDIA PLANNER
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LA or Temecula
Create media plans across Local & National Brdcst, Syndication, National Cable and Local Cable/Satellite. BA deg req’d, 3 + years exp of general market/audience based media planning. Proficient in STRATA media planning software.
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JOB OPENING: MEDIA PLANNER/AdMore/LA or Temecula: Create media plans across Local & National Brdcst, Syndication, National Cable and Local Cable/Satellite. BA deg req’d, 3 + years exp of general market/audience based media planning. Proficient in STRATA media planning software. Resume/cvr HERE (11/10)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR- BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS/TLC/LA: Resp. for handling deal negotiations and drafting/ review of agreements for dev/prod/distribution of non-scripted progmmng including agreements for lead/supporting talent across ntwrks w/ focus on TLC. Exp working in-house at an entertainment company. APPLY (11/9)
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JOB OPENING: JR PRODUCER/WRITER/EDITOR/ION/Clearwater Beach, FL: Responsible for producing, writing and editing all on-air promotions. Responsible for conception, writing/producing/editing episodic & movie promotional material for mult properties. BA deg comms or related fieldExp w/non-linear editing. Full info/apply HERE (11/9)
JOB OPENING: SR MANAGER, CONSUMER MARKETING /TV ONE/Silver Spring/DC: Responsible for developing and managing TV One’s consumer marketing and promotional campaigns. Strategic thinker w/ minimum 5-8 yr exp in network TV mktg. Strong knwlg African American demographic a +. Full info/apply HERE (11/9)
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JOB OPENING: DR NATIONAL TV BUYER/Mediassociates/Newtown CT: Fairfield County CT Ind media plan’g, buying & analytics agency seeks buyer to execute/mng our client’s media efforts. Assess initial buy thru final reporting/reconciliation. Min 5 yrs exp as Nat’l DRTV buyer. Exc quantitative skills. Full info/apply HERE (11/8)
JOB OPENING: MEDIA DIRECTOR, PAID SOCIAL/GLOW/NYC: Grow team to mng daily execution of campaigns for clients & work closely w/Sr leadership across mult depts to create & identify new client/business opps. 8-10 yrs exp digital media planning, as well as 3-5 yrs mngmnt exp. Full info/apply HERE (11/8)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, PUBLICITY /A&E/NY: Dvlp/implement effective PR strategies & publicity campaigns resulting in positive media placement. 8+ yrs. of TV prgm publicity exp. Must have background in TV – network or cable news and/or entertainment publicity . Knowledge of pop culture essential. Full info/apply HERE (11/8)
JOB OPENING: SPVR PRODUCER /45th & Dean/A+E/NY: Produce high quality digital content via A+E Digital Studio for Lifetime. 8+ yrs. of digital/TV prod exp. Extensive post prod exp essential. Apply: HERE (11/8)
JOB OPENING: MEDIA RESEARCH ANALYST/NYC or Miami: Analyze lrg amt quanti data. Ability to draft compelling stories. Creative. 2-3 yrs exp working in media/rsrch related cos. Interact w/clients. Strong kwldg of cross platform data (TV, dig, social). Bilingual (Eng/Spn) Position open for NYC or Miami. Resume HERE (11/8)
JOB OPENING: DIGITAL PREDITOR /NBCU/CT: Freelance Part-time to produce/edit digital videos for nationally syndicated talk shows. 2 to 3 years of work experience as an AVID Video Editor/Producer. Experience in news, entertainment, or promos & strong story telling sensibility. Resumes HERE (11/8)
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