Jake Kanter International TV EditorFremantle’s scripted podcast producer Storyglass is to be spun out into a standalone company within the Bertelsmann Group, and will now make shows across a variety of genres including scripted, documentary, true crime, lifestyle and music.Storyglass previously sat in Fremantle’s drama unit, but will become a standalone outfit at the producer’s parent company Bertelsmann, sitting alongside Fremantle itself and the likes of Penguin Random House UK, BMG and DK.
It is part of Bertelsmann’s “content alliance” initiative to encourage collaboration between the companies it owns.Bertelsmann is currently recruiting for a commercial director to run Storyglass, while a creative director will also be appointed to.
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