CNN's In-House Studio Is Bringing the DNA of the Network to Branded Content

Courageous is now a year old

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Who Otto Bell

Current gig Vp, group creative director, Courageous at CNN

Previous gig Creative director, OgilvyEntertainment

Twitter @ottobell

Age 34

Adweek: CNN's in-house branded content studio Courageous just celebrated its one-year anniversary. What have you learned?

Otto Bell: Content is king and distribution is god? I'll leave those trite clichés aside. I've learned that it's great to have distribution, and to know that the work you produce will be seen as both a blessing and a responsibility.

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