Original Media Hires Colleen Hall As SVP Unscripted Development
Colleen Ocean Hall, who as a TV development consultant worked for the likes of Nigel Lythgoe, ABC Media and Style network, has come aboard indie producer Original Media as SVP Unscripted Development....
View ArticleOriginal Media Adds Jessica Mathews, Patrick Moses As VPs
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 16, 2012) – Charlie Corwin, CEO of Original Media, announced today that agent Jessica Matthews and producer Patrick Moses have joined the company in Vice Presidential roles....
View ArticleEditors Call Strike On History Channel’s ‘Swamp People’
Post-production editors on History's Swamp People walked off the job today in protest over producers trying to stymie union organizing. #STRIKE! Until further notice, Editors Guild and potential...
View ArticleOriginal Media Taps Daniel Laikind As New CEO
Producer Daniel Laikind has been tapped to succeed Charlie Corwin as CEO of Original Media. The post had been vacant since October, when Corwin was named co-chairman and co-CEO of Original parent...
View ArticleOriginal Media Writer-Producers Vote To Join WGA East
In another victory for the WGA East's ongoing campaign to organize reality TV shows, the writer-producers at Original Media have voted to be repped by the guild in collective bargaining. The vote, held...
View ArticleOriginal Media Signs With ICM Partners
Original Media has inked with ICM Partners. Original Media produces reality series including Swamp People, Ink Master, Comic Book Men, The Pool Master, Dual Survival and The Rachel Zoe Project. It also...
View ArticleSteven Weinstock & Glenda Hersh Top True Entertainment And Original Media
True Entertainment co-founders Steven Weinstock and Glenda Hersh have been named co-presidents and co-CEOs of that company along with Original Media. The NYC-based Endemol Shine North America...
View ArticleWGA East Goes After ‘Ink Master’ Producer Over Sexual Harassment Policy
UPDATED, 3:32 PM: A spokesperson for Original Media tells Deadline that the guild’s charge is baseless. “The sexual harassment policy and other company policies requested by the WGAE are contained...
View ArticleOriginal Media Expands Production & Creative Teams, Names Brenda Hurley COO
EXCLUSIVE: Original Media, the production company behind unscripted series such as Ink Master and Swamp People, is expanding its production and creative teams. Brenda Hurley has been tapped as COO of...
View ArticleCAA Signs Original Media Production Co.
UPDATED: Original Media, the production company behind such unscripted series as Ink Master and Ink Master: Redemption for Spike, Swamp People for History and Comic Book Men for AMC, has signed with...
View ArticleTrue Entertainment & Original Media Reality Production Companies To Merge
Endemol Shine North America subsidiaries True Entertainment (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) and Original Media (Ink Master) will be merging into Truly Original, a new full-service, fully integrated...
View Article‘Swamp People’ And ‘Miami Ink’ Producer To Pay $282,000 In Uncompensated...
UPDATED with a statement from Original Media The television production company behind such reality TV shows as Swamp People and Miami Ink agreed to pay $282,000 in uncompensated overtime as part of a...
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