How Cameo Generated $100 Million Last Year From Celebrity Shout-Out Videos
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Social media provides an unprecedented way for stars to connect with their fans but only the upper echelons of celebrities have been able to convert their online presence into cold, hard cash.
Steven Galanis, co-founder and CEO of Cameo, says his company is part of a rising wave of direct-to-fan platforms that is changing that, by letting a much broader range of talent make money online. On the latest episode of
Variety‘s Strictly Business podcast, Galanis explains how Cameo built a booming business by selling bespoke video shout-outs recorded by its roster of tens of thousands of celebs.
The Expanse Producers Reveal All About Fantasy Drama s Epic Business Journey at Amazon, Syfy
Alcon Entertainment s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson speak frankly about the future of
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In the world of TV dealmaking, 2014 might as well be ancient history, as indicated by the saga of “The Expanse.”
The fantasy drama series that drops its fifth season finale Wednesday has had an epic journey through the content pipelines at NBCUniversal’s Syfy and at Amazon. The story of how a linear-only rights deal at Syfy wound up prompting the show to move to Amazon in late 2019 is detailed by “Expanse” executive producers and Alcon Entertainment co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson on the latest episode of