Tag: Candle Media

Kevin Mayer, co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media, broke news of a CoComelon collaboration with Sanrio’s Hello Kitty and weighed in on building YouTube-originated brands at APOS in Bali today.

TikTok and Candle Media have aligned for a broad strategic partnership that includes co-developing new premium content and branded entertainment.

James Goldston, the former head of ABC News, is teaming with Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs' Candle Media for a new studio focused on scripted and non-scripted premium storytelling based on true stories.

Kevin Mayer outlined Candle Media’s positioning as an independent media company operating in the creator economy in his MIPTV keynote today.

Kevin Mayer, co-chairman and co-CEO of Candle Media, and René Rechtman, co-founder and CEO of Moonbug Entertainment, are to deliver a joint keynote at MIPTV.

Candle Media, run by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by investment capital from Blackstone, has made a minority investment in Westbrook, the media company founded by Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Miguel Melendez and Ko Yada.