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AGC Studios launches AGC Digital division for creator-led content

AGC Studios has launched AGC Digital, a division that will partner with digital creators to turn their content and audiences into entertainment franchises, led by Jared Jacobs as senior vice president.

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AGC Studios, the company run by Stuart Ford, has launched AGC Digital, a division that will partner with digital creators to turn their ideas, content and audiences into entertainment franchises. Jared Jacobs will lead the division as senior vice president, reporting to Joel Zimmer; Deadline gives Zimmer's title as President, AGC, while Variety gives it as president, AGC Unwritten. The studio said the division is dedicated to "identifying, developing, financing and commercializing intellectual property from the digital ecosystem".

Variety adds that AGC said it will work across unscripted, kids and family, native digital, microdramas, scripted television and film, drawing on AGC's financing, development, production, marketing, publicity and international distribution. Jacobs most recently worked with Warner Bros. Unscripted Television on digital strategy, development and creator partnerships. Before that he was VP of development at Night Studios, where he developed projects with MrBeast, Kai Cenat, Ryan Trahan, Sam & Colby, Moriah Elizabeth and Zach King, and he previously held roles at Blumhouse Television, Mark Wahlberg's Unrealistic Ideas, Endeavor Content and WME. Ford said that many creators building large audiences on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram find the path into mainstream feature film and premium TV elusive, and that AGC Digital offers them an independent studio partner with financing, production and global distribution without losing control of their own IP.

Variety also quotes Zimmer and Jacobs, and notes AGC's current slate, including the Halle Berry thriller "Fleur" and the Beatles series "Hamburg Days".

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Trade-press announcement coverage that gives fuller detail and quotes from Ford, Zimmer and Jacobs, plus context on AGC's slate.
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Range of formats (including microdramas and kids & family), executive quotes and AGC's current projects.
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No outside commentary or independent assessment of the venture.
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“Nurturing”
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“We are not here to borrow their audience; we are here to build something valuable with them.” — Variety

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Short announcement report centred on the division, Jacobs's appointment and Ford's statement.
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Jacobs's role and background and Ford's pitch to creators.
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Leaves out the Zimmer and Jacobs quotes, the list of formats and AGC's current slate that Variety includes.
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“The studio said the division will partner with digital creators to turn their ideas, content, and audiences into entertainment franchises.” — Deadline

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