Connor Schell, ESPN's former executive vp of content, is launching a new unscripted content studio backed by Peter Chernin's Chernin Entertainment.
Schell will serve as CEO of the still-unnamed studio which will "produce high quality, culturally relevant, non-fiction storytelling both inside and outside of the sports world," per the company.
Chernin Entertainment is the sole investor in the studio, with Chernin and his partner Jesse Jacobs spearheading the deal. Chernin Entertainment presidentJenno Topping will oversee the collaboration between Schell's studio and the rest of Chernin Entertainment's portfolio.
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