{"id":17596,"date":"2019-11-08T10:20:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-driver-studios-umbrella\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T12:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:11:38","slug":"driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Digital &amp; Driver Media Combine Under Driver Studios Umbrella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driver Digital, a kids\u2019 entertainment producer, and its sister company and commercial content producer, Driver Media, are combining and rebranding as Driver Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Driver Digital is an award-winning kids&#8217; entertainment producer known for digital-native brands under the <em>Cool School\u00a0<\/em>umbrella, including\u00a0<em>Storytime with Ms.\u00a0<\/em><em>Booksy<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Stupendous Drew\u00a0<\/em><em>Pendous<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Crafty Carol. <\/em>The combined\u00a0Driver Studios will focus on the development, production, distribution and licensing of entertainment content.<\/p>\n<p>Driver\u2019s kids\u2019 and family division specializes in episodic storytelling in both animation and live action, both for its own IP and brands such as DreamWorks, Mattel and Nickelodeon. The company\u2019s commercial division has produced content for agencies and brands with big-name talent including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sting, Maria Sharapova, Tiger Woods, Kevin Durant, Ellen DeGeneres and Kevin Bacon.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the rebrand, Driver Studios developed a new logo and launched a new website, www.driver-studios.com, to showcase its brands, work and capabilities. Its growth strategy also included bringing on Melanie Summers as chief brand officer and Alita\u2019s Brand Bar to manage brand licensing for <em>Cool School<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Weitz, CEO and founder, said: \u201cDriver Digital and Driver Media have been creating memorable and engaging entertainment content for our own IP and for top brands for more than 20 years. By combining both sides of the business, we are putting all of the high-quality production that the \u2018Driver\u2019 name is synonymous with under one studio to best serve our partners and grow our brands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weitz added: \u201cAs digital content platforms continue to be the leading source of kids and family content consumption, Driver Studios\u2019 expertise in children\u2019s entertainment provides a unique position in the market, and we are poised for our next stage of growth. Driver\u2019s value proposition has always been the ability to unlock the total creative potential of an idea. As we move forward, we\u2019re planning to significantly expand our IP portfolio and continue to deliver exciting quality entertainment that kids and families will love both on and off-screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver Digital, a kids\u2019 entertainment producer, and its sister company and commercial content producer, Driver Media, are combining and rebranding as Driver Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5075,5076,5077],"class_list":["post-17596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-driver-digital","tag-driver-media","tag-driver-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Driver Digital &amp; Driver Media Combine Under Driver Studios Umbrella - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Driver Digital &amp; Driver Media Combine Under Driver Studios Umbrella - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Driver Digital, a kids\u2019 entertainment producer, and its sister company and commercial content producer, Driver Media, are combining and rebranding as Driver Studios.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-08T15:20:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-08T17:11:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/driver-studios-1119.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/\",\"name\":\"Driver Digital &amp; Driver Media Combine Under Driver Studios Umbrella - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-08T15:20:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-08T17:11:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/driver-digital-driver-media-combine-under-driver-studios-umbrella\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Driver Digital &amp; Driver Media Combine Under Driver Studios Umbrella\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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