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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“I Promise,” a documentary film that tells the story of LeBron James’ efforts to close the educational achievement gap in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, is coming to the YouTube Originals channel later this month.The film, directed by Marc Levin, premieres Thursday, Sept. 28, at 12 p.m.

Kris Jenner is setting the record straight about rumours that were sparked after she and daughter Kim Kardashian reportedly had a meeting with “Saturday Night Live” exec producer Lorne Michaels.

A rep for Kris Jenner is speaking out in response to reports that she and daughter Kim Kardashian had a meeting with Saturday Night Live‘s Lorne Michaels.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku is betting its fire-sale pickup of the shows from Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s short-lived, short-form startup, will continue to pay off for the streaming platform.On Aug. 13, the company will premiere 23 new Roku Originals (each of them from Quibi’s library) exclusively on the Roku Channel to stream for free with ads.

EXCLUSIVE: As recent polls show Gavin Newsom at significant risk of being ousted in the Sept. 14 recall election, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Casey Wasserman and Andrew Hauptman are among the names chairing a fundraiser next week for the California governor.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCent, a startup whose platform is designed to let creators make money using NFTs, announced $3 million in funding from a group of investors including Jeffrey Katzenberg and will.i.am.Other investors participating in the round included Zynga founder Mark Pincus, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and VC firms Galaxy Interactive and In/Visible Ventures.

Roku has revealed viewership data for its original programming, much of which was powered by the acquisition of Quibi’s library last January.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is stepping down as chairman of the board of governors at the Motion Picture & Television Fund, where he and his wife Marilyn have been among its biggest boosters and fundraisers for three decades.

back — well, sort of — with Roku set to release 30 of the original shows it purchased from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s now-defunct streaming service on May 20, the company said on Thursday.Those former Quibi shows have now been rebranded as Roku Originals, after Roku acquired the rights to about 75 Quibi shows earlier this year.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuibi is coming back from the dead next week… sort of.On May 20, Roku will debut the first batch of Roku Originals — a collection of 30 shows originally produced for Quibi, the short-lived mobile entertainment startup led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman.

Antonio Ferme editorTo celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Motion Picture Television Fund, the board of directors and a slate of guests gathered virtually to announce a new $300 million fundraising drive that aims to support industry workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.President and CEO Bob Beitcher said “the need hasn’t stopped” during the ongoing health crisis, stating that the organization has continued to experience high levels of inbound calls from a young demographic.“I know, deep in

George Clooney, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jim Gianopulos and more gathered on Tuesday, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Motion Picture Television Fund, and lay the foundation for its future, as a means of support for working and retired industry members.

Roku, which acquired most of the programming from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s defunct startup Quibi last January, has rebranded the shows as Roku Originals.

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Presutti has joined the team at Latin World Entertainment as EVP of Development. She will head development and produce projects for the company’s rapidly growing slate.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s meetings with executives at the now inoperative mobile streaming platform Quibi came at the request of Quibi founder and Hollywood mega-mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, ET Canada can reveal.

UK-based Eleven Sports plans to acquire Team Whistle in a combination of sports-focused content players with a roster of pedigreed investors.

Brenda Antin, the iconic British interior designer and owner of eponymous Los Angeles-area stores who furnished the homes of Oprah Winfrey, Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen and many others, has died. She was 82.

Wrapbook, a payroll services startup aiming to compete with business such as Cast & Crew, raised $27 million Series A Round of financing led by Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, Michael Ovitz,Andreessen Horowitz, Equal Ventures and Uncork Capital.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWhile Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi is dead and gone (except for a lingering legal dispute), his investment firm WndrCo is still actively funding other young startups.WndrCo co-led a $27 million Series A funding round in Wrapbook, a financial services startup catering to the gig economy initially focused on the entertainment industry.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuibi announced a deal last week with Roku, which acquired the bulk of the failed mobile startup’s streaming rights — some 75 shows, which the streaming platform plans to make available for free on the Roku Channel.But even though Quibi has now mostly wound down operations, the Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded company has retained a legal team to deal with the pending legal fight with New York-based interactive video company Eko involving Turnstyle: the technology that

In its biggest major original programming foray, Roku has bought exclusive global distribution rights to the portfolio of Quibi, the recently shuttered mobile-only streaming venture fronted by Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAnother top exec from Quibi, which flamed out in 2020 just six months after launching, has found a new gig: Rob Post, formerly Quibi’s chief technology officer, has joined Cameo — which sells personalized video messages from celebrities — as its new CTO.Post had joined Quibi, the ill-fated mobile streaming subscription service led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, in September 2018.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuibi, after its high-profile collapse, may be close to landing a deal with Roku to sell rights to its multimillion-dollar lineup of original shows.Quibi, the startup led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is in “advanced talks” on a pact with Roku to acquire streaming rights to the Quibi catalog, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Quibi’s vast library of short-form content may have found a new home.

UPDATED with details of last stages of shutdown. The end credits have finished rolling for Quibi, the ambitious short-form subscription video service that launched last April at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAs previously announced, the Quibi app as of Tuesday (Dec. 1) is no longer operable — marking the quick and quiet end of Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ill-fated $1.75 billion quest to carve out a new corner of the subscription streaming-video market.The Quibi app will remain on users’ devices until they delete it.

James McClain Just days after announcing the final stage of Quibi’s spectacular flameout — the short-lived, short-form video streaming service will formally shutter in December — founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife Marilyn have finalized the $26.7 million acquisition of a brand-new home in Beverly Hills, as was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.