division of a private corporation | |
Founded | New York City October 2011 | )
Number of locations
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2 |
Key people
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Dawn Ostroff (President) |
Owner |
Condé Nast (Advance Publications) |
Website | Conde Nast Entertainment |
Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), also called Condé Nast Entertainment Group, is the Book to film division of Condé Nast magazine publisher.
CNE is headquartered at 222 Broadway near 1 World Trade Center.
Previously, Condé Nast (CN) magazines, as most are publishers, was represented in Hollywood by agents and received a production credit and a fee for films made on their work. Brokeback Mountain, A Beautiful Mind, and Eat, Pray, Love, based on an Allure article, were all movies based on CN content. Also, the "Whale War" show on Animal Planet originated with a Condé Nast magazine article. On the other hand, Conde Nast's Vogue refused in 2003 to partner on “Project Runway” for fear of tarnishing its image. With print growth slowing, CN indicated that the company would seek other revenue in licensing, e-commerce, video, and higher circulation prices.
Conde Nast Entertainment was started by Magazine publisher Condé Nast in October 2011 with the hiring of Dawn Ostroff.
Online video channels for GQ and Glamour were launched in March 2013 with four original video series for each brand with Procter & Gamble, Microsoft and snack-food company Mondelēz International sponsoring those shows. Each series would have some episodes available at launch then additional episodes would be added weekly. The episodes would last from two to seven minutes and are on the magazines' website and YouTube. On May 1, CNE announced at the 2nd annual Digital Content NewFronts event, an adverting selling event, two new channels for Vogue and Wired for its digital network and 30 new programs. Also, CNE agreed to syndicate their content with AOL, Yahoo, Twitter, Dailymotion and Grab Media. Production firms Radical Media, Hud:sun Media and Magical Elves agreed to co-produce the programs. CNE's two existing channels were slated for three additional programs each. Additional channels were expected to be launched later in the year: Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, Epicurious and Style.com.