{"id":8057,"date":"2017-06-27T11:50:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/ashton-kutcher-extends-pact-with-chicken-soup-for-the-soul\/"},"modified":"2017-06-27T13:59:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T17:59:50","slug":"ashton-kutcher-extends-pact-with-chicken-soup-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/ashton-kutcher-extends-pact-with-chicken-soup-for-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashton Kutcher Extends Pact with Chicken Soup for the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashton Kutcher has signed on to executive produce two new television shows from Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment inked\u00a0an exclusive distribution deal with APlus.com, a digital media company founded by Kutcher that specializes in positive journalism and social change. Under this new agreement, Kutcher will executive produce TV series focused on the positive themes drawn from APlus.com and Chicken Soup for the Soul. These programs will be distributed on broadcast or cable channels, as well as online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment combines a well-known, positive brand with an innovative business model, which combines television and online distribution,\u201d said Kutcher. \u201cI strongly believe in this approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to have an opportunity to extend the working relationship between Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Ashton Kutcher,\u201d added William J. Rouhana, Jr., the executive chairman and CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. \u201cAshton has a rare combination of creative and business acumen, and we hope to engage both of these qualities to help grow our company.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashton Kutcher has signed on to executive produce two new television shows from Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1385,1386],"class_list":["post-8057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-ashton-kutcher","tag-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ashton Kutcher Extends Pact with Chicken Soup for the Soul - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ashton Kutcher has signed on to executive produce two new television shows from Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.\" \/>\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\/tvusa\/ashton-kutcher-extends-pact-with-chicken-soup-for-the-soul\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ashton Kutcher Extends Pact with Chicken Soup for the Soul - 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