Categories: OLD Media Moves

Cheddar content to be sent overseas

An independent studio has struck a deal with Cheddar to reformat the startup’s youth-targeted financial news content and ship it overseas, reports Todd Spangler of Variety.

Spangler writes, “The companies will initially produce a weekly 45-minute show called ‘Cheddar World,’ which will be an edited-down version of Cheddar’s existing content customized for local markets and languages. They’re hoping to launch ‘Cheddar World’ in five markets by the end of 2017 and are seeking deals with TV networks, pay-TV providers and over-the-top services outside the U.S.

“Cheddar was founded last year by Jon Steinberg, former president and COO of BuzzFeed. The New York-based startup’s investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Homebrew.

“‘We believe the Cheddar business model and its content will translate for international markets, and we are excited to work with Jon and the team to bring a customized version of the service to our global partners,’ Silverman and Owens said in a joint statement.

“Billing itself as a kind of next-generation CNBC, Cheddar broadcasts live finance, tech and media news and interviews from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the Sprint Flatiron Building Store.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.