At its NewFront event, Turner showcased digital properties Great Big Story, Bleacher Report, and CNN. (Yes, CNN definitely counts as a digital property now.) The event was very light on news, but CNN chief Jeff Zucker did take the time to tease his network’s upcoming digital venture with YouTuber Casey Neistat. Zucker announced that the project will debut this summer. In a quick interview with Zucker, Neistat himself revealed some details about the project. For one, it’ll have a presence on both YouTube and Facebook. Neistat also said that the project will have more of a news focus than he’d originally planned. In other news, Zucker announced that Great Big Story – a CNN-backed video brand focused on unscripted, docu-style storytelling – has launched a new video experience that’s available on Apple News. And Great Big Story says that, within the coming months, it will launch Great Big Cuentos, a new brand aimed at Hispanic-Americans. “Turner is a legacy media company, but they’re a legacy media company with an incredible bevy of digital properties,” said David Spiegel, Great Big Story’s SVP of Sales & Brand Strategy, in an on-site conversation with Cynopsis Digital. “The three you’re looking at today already have the legs to stand on their own. Turner isn’t a company that’s only just now converting to digital.”
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