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• Jeffrey Katzenberg Announces Shortform Subscription Service’s Name, Confirms Deals With Guillermo Del Toro, Antoine Fuqua, Jason Blum
• Storied Editor Janice Min Joins Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ‘NewTV’ To Head Up News Programming

  Former co-president of The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard Janice Min is joining WndrCo’s massively-funded mobile video startup NewTV. Her position hasn’t yet been announced, but Min confirmed the news on Twitter this morning, posting a photo of herself with NewTV's founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman.

  
• Katzenberg’s WndrCo Confirms $1 Billion Raise For Shortform Subscription Service, Doesn’t Plan To Compete With Netflix, Hulu

  WndrCo’s shortform video startup “NewTV,” fresh off a $1 billion funding round that attracted investment from the likes of Disney and 21st Century Fox, is not going to go head-to-head with streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, according to founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. NewTV (which is a placeholder name) has plans to launch by the end of this year, offering various series with YouTube-length episodes (that is: around 10 minutes each) backed by Hollywood production value.

  
• Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo Raises Additional $200 Million, For $1 Billion In Total Funding (Report)

  Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised even more money for WndrCo, his mobile video holding company that is developing a platform tentatively titled NewTV to house high-budget, short-form content.

  
• Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $800 Million To Develop YouTube-Length Shows On Netflix-Sized Budgets (Report)