Maker Studios

• PewDiePie Acknowledges Supporters, Vows To Return With New Videos Soon
• Maker Studios Reportedly Slashing Its Creator Network Of “Thousands” To Just 300

  Maker, which formerly represented as many as 55,000 channels, is expected to slash that number to around 300, to increase its focus on top influencers.

  
• Disney’s Maker Studios Drops PewDiePie, YouTube Axes ‘Scare PewDiePie’ In Wake Of Anti-Semitic Controversy

  The severed ties result from nine videos since August on Kjellberg’s channel that feature anti-Semitic jokes, as uncovered by The Wall Street Journal.

  
• Astronauts Wanted Broadens Branded Entertainment Division With New Hire

  Astronauts Wanted has tapped former Maker Studios exec Jonny Blitstein as its new VP of business development for branded entertainment.

  
• Maker Studios Shares Internet Troll Edition Of ‘A Christmas Carol’
• Courtney Holt Leaves Maker Studios Post As Disney Folds Company Into New Division
• Maker Studios’ Polaris Goes Weird With Trippy Web Series ‘The Remember Hour’
• Verizon Names Former Maker Exec Erin McPherson VP Of Content And Strategy
• The Gregory Brothers Travel The World In New Web Series ‘Song Voyage’
• YouTube Star Lisa Schwartz’s ‘Party Girl’ Arrives On Disney’s Freeform App
• Maker Studios Relaunches Polaris And The Station To Kick Off 15-Program Slate
• Action Movie Kid, Other Maker Studios Partners Promote ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Fan Contest