All Things Video

Jonatan de Boer is the Managing Director of Dutch MCN Onlane. Jonatan is a serial entrepreneur who joined Mediakraft as Country Manager for the Netherlands in early 2013. Jonatan grew the Mediakraft Netherlands network to more than 160 creators until its acquisition by Dutch television producer Media Lane in April 2016 and subsequent rebranding as Onlane. In this episode, Jonatan explains key differences between American and European MCNs, namely investment, audience size, and global vs...

Gabe Gordon is the Managing Partner of Reach, a creative agency dedicated to social video. Gabe has more than 10 years of experience building creative, integrated solutions for the world’s largest brands, including GM, the NFL, Nestle, and Walmart. Prior to founding Reach, Gabe worked as PepsiCo’s lead strategist for their branded entertainment partnership with The X Factor and spent over a decade at William Morris Agency and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment...

Taryn Southern is a comedian, actress, video blogger, and digital media consultant. She has three YouTube channels with more than 500,000 cumulative subscribers and 70M views, in addition to thousands of other fans across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Taryn began her career in traditional entertainment, selling two TV shows based on digital concepts as well as acting and hosting for major outlets like FOX, G4, TVGuide, VH1, and more...

Kelly Day is the Chief Digital Officer at next-generation studio and teen content powerhouse AwesomenessTV. Kelly has held marketing and consulting roles at Fortune 500 companies, led e-commerce growth at AOL and Discovery, and built several successful brands in the digital video space. From 2012 to 2013, she led Blip through a turnaround and eventual sale to Maker Studios, before joining the leadership team at AwesomenessTV...

Sarah Penna is the Head of Awestruck, a network and lifestyle brand for millennial moms. Sarah started her career at CurrentTV and then made her way into the YouTube space, working early on with Philip DeFranco. In 2011, Sarah founded talent management company Big Frame with Steve Raymond, which was acquired by AwesomenessTV in April 2014 for $15M...

Fabienne Fourquet is the Co-Founder & CEO of 2btube, one of the fastest growing multi-channel networks for Spanish language creators. Prior to launching 2btube, Fabienne spent 10 years atA&E and then 4 years at Canal+ Groupe, helping both companies grow their digital business. In this episode, Fabienne explains her transition from digital roles at traditional entertainment companies to her first entrepreneurial endeavor...

Mike Pusateri is the Founder & CEO of Bent Pixels, a global media company serving creators and brands. As a top 25 MCN with over 24,000 creators and one billion monthly views, Bent Pixels represents celebrities like Kevin Hart and Joe Rogan as well as online video creators in the gaming and comedy verticals. Bent Pixels also offers content claiming and audience development services for brands, including FUNimation, RLJ Entertainment, Live Nation, and more...

Shira Lazar is the Co-Founder & Host of What’s Trending, a 24/7 news hub and eponymous daily live show that covers shareable content across the social web. Prior to launching What’s Trending, Shira worked as a contributor and on-air personality for several digital and traditional outlets, including CBS News, Huffington Post, DirectTV, Fox News, and more. In this episode, Shira shares her experience working with and educating traditional publishers and brands in the digital space...

Jonathan Skogmo is the Founder & CEO of Jukin Media, a global entertainment company powered by user-generated video content. Jukin receives more than one billion monthly views across digital platforms and is the leader in discovering, acquiring, and curating the web's most compelling UGC videos for brands and media companies to license for commercial use...

John Holdridge is VP of Channel+, the brand strategy and services group at Fullscreen. John was an early addition to the next-gen media company’s team, coming aboard after StackHouse Media, a full-service multimedia agency he founded, was acquired in February 2012. In this episode, we examine how brands approach YouTube and engage digital audiences...