Hearst Networks & Spirit Studios to Launch Digital-First History Slate

Hearst Networks and Spirit Studios have partnered to develop and produce a new digital-first slate of shows focused on history.

Spirit Studios will produce the slate, with Matt Campion as executive producer for Spirit Studios and Sam Pearson as commissioner and executive producer for Hearst Networks. The slate will feature a celebrity host alongside subject-matter experts and emerging creator talent.

“Our partnership with Hearst Networks marks another major milestone in Spirit Studios’ mission to build true IP360 brands,” said Campion and Peter Cowley, Spirit Studios’ co-founders. “Having worked together with Hearst Networks for the past three years on series like Missing Presumed Dead and Ed Gein: Original Psycho, we’ve developed a strong relationship rooted in a shared belief in the future of multi-platform storytelling. We’re thrilled to be launching this new factual brand together and excited about what we can build across podcasting, digital video and television.”

“Our partnership with Spirit Studios reflects our ambition to expand into dynamic digital formats,” said Heather Jones, chief creative officer of EMEA at Hearst Networks. “The genre has a passionate and loyal audience, and this brand-new slate allows us to extend that engagement beyond linear television through bold, visually driven storytelling that we hope will catch fire with history fans across the globe.”