Through a new original series, LinkedIn is looking to show how perseverance leads to success. The professional platform has premiered Catalyst, in which business leaders recall the obstacles they had to overcome in order to achieve their career goals.
The first batch of Catalyst episodes will tell the stories of five creators, all of whom are active on LinkedIn. Together, they have encountered a wide variety of hurdles. Some Catalyst subjects, like Soapbox co-founder David Simnick, had to figure out how to turn around failing businesses. Others dealt with personal issues. Fact-checking exec Ken Oliver went to prison before becoming the VP of Checkr.org.
“I had no idea of what life in prison really meant,” Oliver says in the Catalyst trailer. “I knew that I wasn’t going to let the circumstance of what was happening to me define me.”
The first episode of Catalyst focuses on Dr. Sian Proctor,...
The first batch of Catalyst episodes will tell the stories of five creators, all of whom are active on LinkedIn. Together, they have encountered a wide variety of hurdles. Some Catalyst subjects, like Soapbox co-founder David Simnick, had to figure out how to turn around failing businesses. Others dealt with personal issues. Fact-checking exec Ken Oliver went to prison before becoming the VP of Checkr.org.
“I had no idea of what life in prison really meant,” Oliver says in the Catalyst trailer. “I knew that I wasn’t going to let the circumstance of what was happening to me define me.”
The first episode of Catalyst focuses on Dr. Sian Proctor,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
While other platforms scale back their original programming divisions, LinkedIn is preparing to bring a slew of new audio and video shows to its shores. The professionally-oriented social media hub has hired CNN alum Courtney Coupe as its first-ever Head of Original Programming.
Coupe will report to LinkedIn editor-in-chief Dan Roth. She will work alongside the company’s editorial team, which includes more than 180 people across 16 countries. Coupe’s priorities will be the development and execution of original content, which will build on the programming LinkedIn already offers. The platform recently launched a podcast network, where listeners can find shows from LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman (The Startup of You) and author Morra Aarons-Mele (The Anxious Achiever).
Before joining LinkedIn, Coupe spent two years as the SVP of Content Strategy and Operations at CNN, where she worked closely with the network’s audio and streaming businesses. Before that, she played an...
Coupe will report to LinkedIn editor-in-chief Dan Roth. She will work alongside the company’s editorial team, which includes more than 180 people across 16 countries. Coupe’s priorities will be the development and execution of original content, which will build on the programming LinkedIn already offers. The platform recently launched a podcast network, where listeners can find shows from LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman (The Startup of You) and author Morra Aarons-Mele (The Anxious Achiever).
Before joining LinkedIn, Coupe spent two years as the SVP of Content Strategy and Operations at CNN, where she worked closely with the network’s audio and streaming businesses. Before that, she played an...
- 9/20/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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LinkedIn is doubling down on original content.
The Microsoft-owned social platform has hired Courtney Coupe as its first ever head of programming. Coupe “will work to build the strategy, development and production of all original video and audio content,” per the company, and will report to LinkedIn editor-in-chief Dan Roth.
She joins LinkedIn from CNN, where she most recently worked as senior VP of content strategy and operations for CNN Digital. A CNN veteran, Coupe had worked in multiple roles at the company over the years, including at its short-form video brand Great Big Story, and at CNN+. She also oversaw development and production for CNN Audio, the cable news channel’s podcast unit. She worked at Bloomberg and ABC News before joining CNN.
LinkedIn has made original programming a top priority for its editorial efforts in recent years.
While the platform...
LinkedIn is doubling down on original content.
The Microsoft-owned social platform has hired Courtney Coupe as its first ever head of programming. Coupe “will work to build the strategy, development and production of all original video and audio content,” per the company, and will report to LinkedIn editor-in-chief Dan Roth.
She joins LinkedIn from CNN, where she most recently worked as senior VP of content strategy and operations for CNN Digital. A CNN veteran, Coupe had worked in multiple roles at the company over the years, including at its short-form video brand Great Big Story, and at CNN+. She also oversaw development and production for CNN Audio, the cable news channel’s podcast unit. She worked at Bloomberg and ABC News before joining CNN.
LinkedIn has made original programming a top priority for its editorial efforts in recent years.
While the platform...
- 9/20/2022
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nancy Han and Jennifer Suozzo are among the new executives joining CNN+, the network’s new subscription streaming service set to launch in the first quarter of next year.
Han will be vice president of weekly programming, joining the network from NowThis News, where she had been executive vice president of news and senior VP of the originals and content strategy.
Jennifer Suozzo will be vice president of daily programming for the service. She departed her post as executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt in August.
They will report to Rebecca Kutler, senior vice president and head of programming for the service. She announced the new executives in a memo to staffers on Thursday.
CNN said that the streaming service will offer live, on-demand and interactive programming. Plans are for eight to 12 hours of live, daily programming at launch.
Also joining CNN+ will be Melanie Buck as executive producer of morning programs,...
Han will be vice president of weekly programming, joining the network from NowThis News, where she had been executive vice president of news and senior VP of the originals and content strategy.
Jennifer Suozzo will be vice president of daily programming for the service. She departed her post as executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt in August.
They will report to Rebecca Kutler, senior vice president and head of programming for the service. She announced the new executives in a memo to staffers on Thursday.
CNN said that the streaming service will offer live, on-demand and interactive programming. Plans are for eight to 12 hours of live, daily programming at launch.
Also joining CNN+ will be Melanie Buck as executive producer of morning programs,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Go There, CNN’s daily live news series that ran on Facecbook Watch for a year and a half, is going somewhere else.
Beginning today, the series will live on CNN’s owned-and-operated platforms, Variety reports. At the same time, CNN is ending its partnership with Facebook Watch to distribute original programming -- though it will continue to operate a presence on the social network.
While Facebook Watch previously funded Go There and controlled its ad inventory, CNN is now taking ad sales in-house. Under the earlier deal, CNN could air Go There on its own platforms 24 hours after bowing on Facebook Watch. CNN digital productions SVP Courtney Coupe told Variety that Facebook Watch served as an incubator for Go There, and the company always intended to move the series to its own platforms.
CNN similarly introduced another original series titled Anderson Cooper: Full Circle on Facebook Watch in 2018 as...
Beginning today, the series will live on CNN’s owned-and-operated platforms, Variety reports. At the same time, CNN is ending its partnership with Facebook Watch to distribute original programming -- though it will continue to operate a presence on the social network.
While Facebook Watch previously funded Go There and controlled its ad inventory, CNN is now taking ad sales in-house. Under the earlier deal, CNN could air Go There on its own platforms 24 hours after bowing on Facebook Watch. CNN digital productions SVP Courtney Coupe told Variety that Facebook Watch served as an incubator for Go There, and the company always intended to move the series to its own platforms.
CNN similarly introduced another original series titled Anderson Cooper: Full Circle on Facebook Watch in 2018 as...
- 2/1/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Epidemic, a drama from David Titcher, creator of The Librarian franchise, Great Big Story, No Trace Camping (Room) and Universal TV.
Written by Titcher, Epidemic revolves around Nicole Summers and Daniel Golden, two superstar doctors within a special investigative division of the Cdc who recruit the nation’s best medical students and travel the world solving diseases nobody can figure out.
Inspired by a four-minute short, Epidemic is the first scripted project sold into development for Great Big Story.
Titcher executive produces with Courtney Coupe and Kristina Sorensen for Great Big Story along with No Trace Camping’s Jeff Arkuss, Jesse Shapira and David Gross. No Trace Camping’s Josh Phillips is a producer. Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, is the studio.
Titcher is best known as creator The Librarian franchise, a series of adventure-fantasy movies starring Noah Wyle which aired on TNT.
Written by Titcher, Epidemic revolves around Nicole Summers and Daniel Golden, two superstar doctors within a special investigative division of the Cdc who recruit the nation’s best medical students and travel the world solving diseases nobody can figure out.
Inspired by a four-minute short, Epidemic is the first scripted project sold into development for Great Big Story.
Titcher executive produces with Courtney Coupe and Kristina Sorensen for Great Big Story along with No Trace Camping’s Jeff Arkuss, Jesse Shapira and David Gross. No Trace Camping’s Josh Phillips is a producer. Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, is the studio.
Titcher is best known as creator The Librarian franchise, a series of adventure-fantasy movies starring Noah Wyle which aired on TNT.
- 11/22/2019
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Berend, an executive who has been overseeing digital video for CNN and helped launch Great Big Story, a streaming-video site aimed at younger audiences, will jump to NBC News to lead its digital efforts.
Berend will replace Nick Ascheim, who will move into a new role that is described as “improving digital and product for NBCU and NBC News Group broadly.” Under Ascheim’s aegis, NBC News has launched an e-commerce business around its “Today” franchise; debuted “Stay Tuned,” a program for Snapchat audiences; and built a foundation for a new streaming-video project, NBC News Now.
Berend will start in July, and will be executive vice president of NBC News Digital. He will report to Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News.
“With Nick moving on, I’ve been giving a good deal of thought to the next steps in the evolution of our Digital efforts. Specifically, how can we...
Berend will replace Nick Ascheim, who will move into a new role that is described as “improving digital and product for NBCU and NBC News Group broadly.” Under Ascheim’s aegis, NBC News has launched an e-commerce business around its “Today” franchise; debuted “Stay Tuned,” a program for Snapchat audiences; and built a foundation for a new streaming-video project, NBC News Now.
Berend will start in July, and will be executive vice president of NBC News Digital. He will report to Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News.
“With Nick moving on, I’ve been giving a good deal of thought to the next steps in the evolution of our Digital efforts. Specifically, how can we...
- 5/20/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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