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1620 Media Crew Heads To Orlando For Spooky Empire!

by Mary Dizon |
Last weekend, 1620 Media ventured to Spooky Empire horror convention in Orlando, Florida to film the first footage for our upcoming documentary. We followed film stars Andre Gower and Ryan Lambert around the convention, getting a sense of the horror convention world and the people and talent that bring it to life. During our time...
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Media News Update 3 10 2017

by Dakota Bloom |
This is part of a series of briefings made internally by our staff researcher Dakota Sky Bloom and released on our blog. News & Trends you might have missed: Investigative Journalism as Content Marketing Twitch transforming into “normal” social media Why Snap influencers are jumping ship The Young Turks hit 6 billion views, but...
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Media News 3/3/2017

by Dakota Bloom |
This is part of a series of briefings made internally by our staff researcher Dakota Sky Bloom and released on our blog. Pinterest Entering Mobile AR Fray Pinterest built a visual search engine, Lens, that allows you to take a picture of a product and it will find the Pins that match it. For reference-...
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Media News 2/24/17

by Dakota Bloom |
This is part of a series of briefings made internally by our staff researcher Dakota Sky Bloom and released on our blog. Theme: The Trough of Disillusionment is a bad place to be. If you are unfamiliar with the phrase, it is part of Gartner’s classic hype cycle. After an innovation is announced and...
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Media News Briefing 2/17/17

by Dakota Bloom |
This is part of a series of briefings made internally by our staff researcher Dakota Sky Bloom and released on our blog. Theme: The scale of the internet titans forces everyone to have to defensively react to them; they take up sufficient space and can move at sufficient speed that ignoring a Google or Facebook...
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Media News Briefing 2/10/2017

by Dakota Bloom |
Theme: The grass is always greener on the other side of the digital/linear divide. Also, Facebook wishes to devour everything- just this week includes them trying to absorb market share from Craigslist, Snapchat, TV Advertising, weather apps, and using email for password recovery.   Advertising Snapchat wants 9 figure upfronts. Given that almost all...
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Media News Briefing 1/31/2017

by Dakota Bloom |
This is the first in a series of briefings made internally by our staff researcher Dakota Sky Bloom and released on our blog. Theme: A few of the major platforms are making money. Everyone else? Not so much. Advertising News Like it or not, advertising is crucial to both linear and digital entertainment. Given the...
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Kings of Conversation After-Show Premieres Tonight on Comic-Con HQ!

by Mary Dizon |
Kings of Conversation after-show is featured in CNN here. It’s finally here! Kings of Con premieres tonight on Comic-Con HQ with our after-show #KingsofConversation. The scripted comedy centers on Supernatural stars Richard Speight, Jr. and Rob Benedict as they hit the convention circuit where hijinks are sure to ensue. These weekly calamities arise, not from their passionate fan base, but from the...
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1620 Media Attend The Cynopsis Model D Awards As Finalists

by Mary Dizon |
Thank you The Cynopsis Model D Awards for bringing together innovators and creators of all kinds. Pilgrim Studios and 1620 Media were honored to be finalists in the Cynopsis Media Model D Awards! Cynopsis Media Model D Awards celebrate innovators in the world of online video content and advertising including those contributing and elevating branded content, technology, ad...
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1620 Media Attends The Collective LA Conference

by Mary Dizon |
Last Friday, 1620 Media had the pleasure to attend The Collective LA, a conference dedicated to connecting top bloggers and brands in the world of fashion, food and travel. With the growing impact of digital media, everyone has the ability to share their story but it’s the quality of storytelling that separates the good from...
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1620 Media Participates In Great California ShakeOut Drill

by Mary Dizon |
Proud to announce that 1620 Media participated in this year’s Great California ShakeOut earthquake preparedness drill! Air horns went off as we followed the “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” drill: DROP to the ground (before the earthquake drops you!) Take COVER by getting under a sturdy desk or table and, HOLD ON to shelter and be prepared Earthquakes occur without any...
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Pilgrim Media Group CEO Craig Piligian (“The Runner”) Named Next TV NY Innovator of the Year

by Mary Dizon |
Read the original article from VideoInk here. Craig Piligian, Pilgrim Media Group founder and CEO and executive producer of Go90’s “The Runner,” has been named the first Next TV NY Innovator of the Year. The award will be presented on Oct. 19 at the 4th Annual NYC Television and Video Week (Oct. 17-20) during the closing session of the Next TV Summit &...
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Craig Piligian Featured on Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report 2016!

by Mary Dizon |
Congratulations to our President and CEO, Craig Piligian for being featured in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report 2016! Read the original article from Variety here. Excerpt from the article below: Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios — home to Discovery’s “Fast N Loud” and “Street Outlaws,” NatGeo’s “Wicked Tuna” and Syfy’s “Ghost Hunters” — sold an ownership stake...
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Pilgrim’s COO Gretchen Stockdale Featured as B&C’s Top Dealmaker 2016

by Mary Dizon |
Read the original article from The Business of Television: Broadcasting & Cable here. We’re so excited to see Pilgrim’s COO Gretchen Stockdale featured as Broadcasting & Cable‘s Top Dealmaker in the August 2016 issue! This list features the top class of B&C Dealmakers and highlights the best stuff on-screen, these dealmaking productions are highly serialized and never end...
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