View Post CNN Great Big Story Finds New Home in U.K. By A.J. Katz on Jan. 17, 2023 - 9:34 AM U.K.-based digital media company whynow has been granted the exclusive rights to relaunch the video storytelling brand which CNN shut down in 2020.
View Post CNN | WebNewser CNN Shuts Down Its 5-Year-Old Digital Video Startup Great Big Story By A.J. Katz on Sep. 23, 2020 - 12:04 PM In Oct. 2015, CNN digital execs Andrew Morse and Chris Berend co-founded Great Big Story, a CNN-backed (but independently operated) brand that went on to produce original micro documentaries and short films.
View Post CNN | Revolving Door | WebNewser CNN’s Ashley Codianni Named VP, Brand & Digital Strategy at Great Big Story By A.J. Katz on Feb. 21, 2020 - 1:37 PM Codianni had been serving as ep and global head of social and emerging media for CNN.
View Post CNN | WebNewser CNN is Turning Great Big Story Into a 24-Hour Streaming Network By A.J. Katz on Jun. 20, 2017 - 10:41 AM CNN is investing $40 million into GBS over the next two years, and it will distribute the new streaming network on OTT services.
View Post CNN CNN’s Great Big Story Well Ahead of Where It Expected To Be By Tim Baysinger on Feb. 25, 2016 - 1:00 PM GBS reaches 25 million people each week, with an average age of 25 years old.
View Post CNN CNN Launches Storytelling Network, ‘Great Big Story’ By Mark Joyella on Oct. 20, 2015 - 10:04 AM "GBS is not a 'news' network. Turner already has a powerful network that does that better than anyone in the world. It’s called CNN."